life debt

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 122161



 
James wrote:

> Snape Helps Harry, but doesn't save his life as James does. Harry 
> falls off his broom in PoA and gets a bit of Dementorization and he 
> lives, I think Dumbledore saves him or something. There hasn't been 
> a "grab my hand harry" or "NnnnnOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! TAKE ME 
> VOLDERMORT" moment. Also perhaps this life debt theory means it 
> doesn't matter how often you safe a life its an eternal debt.

Finwitch:

As I see it, LifeDebt cannot be inherited. Therefore, Severus Snape
can try and save Harry's life thousands of times, but his lifedebt to
James Potter will never be paid. (Because the said person is DEAD).

Oh, and I agree with whoever said that *where* PP took Harry's blood
from might have been accountant of his life debt - (really, I've given
blood freely to save unkown lives, and it's ARM where it gets taken...).

I think it's that well - if you owe a life-debt, you simply cannot
directly kill the one who saved you. You can't even watch back when
someone else does it - you must do *something* to help the one who
saved you, however little. What that something is, however, is up to
you. BUT, unless you save this life willingly - as willingly as your
saviour saved you, or more - the debt is not paid off.

Finwitch