The AK itself, / Keep Harry Horcrux Free Challenge

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 140296

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "saraquel_omphale" 
<saraquel_omphale at y...> wrote:

ibchawz:
> >The logical flow of events is as 
> > follows:
 
> > 1.  LV murders James Potter.
> > 2.  LV murders Lily Potter (Or rather Lily sacrifices herself as 
> > opposed to chosing to step aside).
> > 3.  LV attempts to murder Harry Potter, but the spell rebounds 
> > due to Lily's sacrifice.  
 
> > Harry would not have the scar at this point in time because LV  
> > has not attempted to murder him yet.  The scar is a by-product   
> > of the rebounded AK.
 
Saraquel:
> Preparing to bang head against desk thoroughly as well as iron  
> hands as this is my fourth post today!  Never mind it's gone  
> midnight here, so I'm off to bed in a mo.  In GoF Priori 
> Incantatem, there is no extra spell to account for the rebounded AK 
> curse, implying that Lily was AKed and died and Harry got his scar 
> at one and the same time.  Now do you see my problem?

Geoff:
If you care to read the thread "Questions about the Priori Incantatem 
sequence in GOF" which began at message 82457, this point was 
discussed in some detail there. It might be worth following up to 
save your head and the desk. :-)