[HPforGrownups] Ungrateful Werewolf ( Was Re: Character Given A Reprieve)

[Tenne]

No: HPFGUIDX 175659

va32h wrote:

My first thought was - oh well JKR is tired of being asked why James 
and Lily didn't Apparate or use a Portkey or otherwise escape, so she 
made a new rule (Apparition requires wands) and made James and Lily 
wandless in that scene. 


Terri:
This scene made sense to me.  I took it as James reacted on pure instinct.  The moment they have lived in fear of is happening and he panics.  Runs to try to defend his family without thought.  Something  I could see myself doing in a moment of crisis.  That is why soldiers train all the time, so their training will overcome their instincts.
As for apparition or portkeys, in DH, the order didn't want to transport Harry by apparition or portkey because they did not trust that they were watched. I see no reason that this situation wouldn't be different.

And James did want to duel with the Dark Lord, and would have been more than willing, but he panicked and didn't bring his wand.
Terri