Baptism/Christianity in HP

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 153797

> Carol:
> If JKR wanted the scar to remind us of Love, wouldn't she have had LV
> hit Baby!Harry in the heart (traditionally associated with love)
> rather than the brain? Almost everyone else who's hit by an AK or 
even
> a strong Stunning spell is hit squarely in the chest. Why not Harry,
> too? Instead, "the place of his scar" is the forehead (where it's
> conspicuous, as she has mentioned in interviews) and the frontal lobe
> of the brain.

a_svirn:
I think it is essential for the scar to be conspicuous. She needed it 
where it can be seen easily. It is the scar that makes Harry special, 
places him apart so to speak. In the end of OOP he even describes 
himself as a "Marked Man". His forehead, therefore, is the most 
obvious solution. Marietta was cursed by the "sneak" brand on her 
forehead for the same reason. Easy to see where Hermione got the 
inspiration.