Why didn't LV die?

[greenfirespike]

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hambtty said:

> Why didn't LV die?  I've been pondering this every since JKR told 
us 
> that is the question we should be asking.  And she told us that 
> Harry learned something in Chamber of Secrets that will be useful 
to 
> him.  So here goes:
> 
> He learned that seeing the eyes of a basilisk in a reflection can 
> save you from the full force of a curse/spell.  Mirrors and 
> reflections play a huge role in these books.  And JKR said that the 
> director of POA put some things in that foreshadow things that will 
> happen in Books 6 & 7.  There were a least two reflection scenes.  
> 
> I think that Lily was able to summon help for herself through magic 
> but chose to use her power to summon protection for Harry instead 
> thus, sacrificing herself.  She used some type of mirror to work a 
> charm whereby LV's curse did not hit Harry but rebounded back onto 
> LV.  LV did not die because it was reflected and he was not 
> petrified because he was using a potion (possibly made with 
mandrake 
> roots).  She thought LV would be petrified and therefore found by 
> the OP and his reign of terror would end.  Sacrificing herself Lily 
> created a long lasting protection that has kept Harry safe at his 
> aunt's home all these years. But what saved both Harry and LV was a 
> mirror.

Greenfirespike says:


I really like your idea.  Mirrors have always played an important 
part of the series.  I consider the Mirror of Erised as the first 
great and powerful magical item Harry really discovers in the WW.  
Plus, in OotP Harry gets a two-way mirror and we still don't know how 
this magical item will play in the series.   

Maybe an alternate idea based on your theory is that LV directed his 
AK at Harry, but didn't realize he was only seeing baby!Harry's 
reflection.  The curse rebounds it two parts, one part back upon LV, 
the other carrying some of LV's magical powers and a scar.  

Greenfirespike (who knows this idea has some problems with it)