THE LILY & JAMES ALCHEMIST THEORY

[tinglinger]

No: HPFGUIDX 131972

Jen Reese
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I'm afraid the motive is the break-down point for me,
even though you make a good case for your theory, tinglinger.
Dumbledore himself admits there's not much positive about
immortality, that the very things we hope to gain through
immortality turn out to be the very things humans don't
truly need--neverending life, money, fame-- all the
temptations that can conquer us in the end.
<big snip> 

tinglinger
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Yes, but that is the beauty of it - the fact that the
Elixir ISN'T permanent. The purpose of Dumbledore giving
Harry the Elixir is to lure Voldemort to Godric's Hollow
based on a bogus prophecy WHILE THE ELIXIR IS EFFECTIVE.
Voldemort uses the AK spell and it does not work because
though unstoppable, it cannot work and therefore would
rebound back to it's caster (or at least produce a priori
incantatum type effect).
Then after Voldemort's body is poofed, the Elixir wears
off Harry and he goes back to being The Boy Who Lived,
and nothing more.......
Or at least that is what Dumbledore hoped would happen... 

More on the Prophecy and when Dumbledore tried all this
before later .......