Fidelius Charm - Godric's Hollow Destroyed

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 158349

Brothergib wrote:
>
> Didn't DD state that what happened at GH was the greatest REGRET of 
> Snape's life. If Snape regrets what happened at GH, it can only be 
> because he had a chance to prevent it i.e. he knew it was going to 
> happen. <snip>

Carol responds:
Problem: Snape was teaching at Hogwarts at this point. Not only does
he state exactly that to Bellatrix in 'Sponner's end" (and inform
Umbridge that he's been teaching at Hogwarts for fourteen years with
no qualifying "almost"), he would have been hired in August as the
post of DADA teacher, for which he originally applied, would have been
vacant as usual and so would the Potions post if Slughorn, the
previous Potions Master, had recently retired. There's no way that
Snape, who IMO was being protected by DD from Voldemort and who was
supposed by Voldemort to be spying on Dumbledore, would have been with
Voldemort when he found out the secret.

Also, why would Wormtail communicate such an important message by owl?
almost certainly he told Voldemort in person and they went together to
Godric's Hollow immediately. Remember, when Sirius Black went to check
on Peter Pettigrew, Pettigrew wasn't home and there was no sign of
forced entry. Also, Pettigrew knew where Voldemort's wand was and
returned it to him.

I can see the possibility of Pettigrew informing *Dumbledore* by owl
and DD showing the note to Snape, though I don't think that happened,
either, but this version just doesn't work, IMO.

Brothergib:
> Another problem concerns LV's AK from within GH. Firstly why would
an AK rebound? Lily's protection has been described previously as a 
> powerful countercurse. But a countercurse would block the AK. It 
> would not rebound it. Secondly, if the AK did rebound and hit LV, 
> surely it would 'kill' LV, but do no damage to the house. Is it 
> possible that SS was there? And for those of us that believe that SS 
> loved Lily, is it possible that SS, enraged at Lily's death, could 
> have fired his own AK at LV?
> 
> And finally, how does a baby survive a house that been blown to 
> pieces? Is it because the house is destroyed after the fact?

Carol responds:
I think that the AK exploded out of Harry's forehead, creating the
scar, which is described in the first chapter of SS/PS as a *cut.*
Ak's don't cut or even leave a mark; the cut could only have been
caused, as far as I can see, by the AK bursting outward with such
force that both Voldemort and the house exploded.

As for how a baby would survive having a house fall on him, he's a
wizard baby, so he survives the explosion in the same way that little
Neville survived being dropped several stories out a window. (Note
that Hagrid scoffs at the idea of Lily and James being killed in a car
crash. Incidents that would kill a Muggle don't harm a wizard--or at
least, the injuries are relatively minor. Think of splinching. Would
you survive leaving your legs behind? Most Muggles would bleed to
death, but for a wizard, all that's required is reattaching the
separated parts.)

Carol, noting that RW physics don't apply in the WW and the only
solution is a willing suspension of disbelief