Scar Horcrux - again!

[hpfan_mom]

No: HPFGUIDX 157033


> Carol writes:
<BIG SNIP > 
> I agree with Brothergib, however, that the cut that later became a
> scar was probably created by the spell bursting out of Harry with
> sufficient force both to rip Voldemort from his body and destroy the
> house. (If it had been anything other than an AK, it probably would
> have done no damage to Voldemort. Imagine himself encasing his own
> soul bit back in himself!) We know that an AK entering a victim
> doesn't make a mark, but a rejected AK exploding outward would no
> doubt create devastation.
> 
hpfan_mom now:

Also agree that the scar was created by the spell exploding out of 
Harry.  Why is the scar lightning-shaped?  A by-product of the 
particular spell?  The caster?  I don't think it's unique to the 
recipient bc JKR has said that if Neville had been chosen by Voldemort, 
he would have "been the one who survived with a lightning scar."

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=84

Or does the shape of the scar have no meaing whatsoever:  

"I chose the lightning bolt because it was the most plausible shape for 
a distinctive scar."  JKR in Houston Chronicle interview, March 20, 
2001.

But what about DD's scar of the London Underground?  That's a pretty 
distinctive shape.  Was it also caused by a spell exploding out of 
him?  DD does know a bit about scars and their magical 
connections . . . from personal experience?

hpfan_mom