The Fundamental Message.../ Heroes...

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 176405

> Renee:
> ?? But I thought Harry would have died together with Voldemort, if
> there had been no Horcrux left. IIRC it was Harry's own blood inside
> Voldemort that tied them together, and because Voldemort couldn't die
> as long as Nagini was alive, Harry survived as well. 
> Or did I miss something here?

zgirnius:
I believe the plan was all about sequence of events. Here, as I see 
it, is what actually happened (Nagini is alive):

1) Voldemort sends AK at Harry,
2) Harry is hit by AK.
3) Since Voldemort is alive, this kills the soul bit but not Harry 
(blood protection, from the blood Voldemort took from Harry),
4) AK rebounds due to blood protection,
5) AK affects Voldemort,
6) since Nagini is alive, Voldemort does not die,
7) King's Cross,
8) Harry and Voldemort return to consciousness.

Now, suppose Nagini had been dead at the time of their encounter. Here 
is how I believe it was supposed to play out:

1) Voldemort sends AK at Harry,
2) Harry is hit by AK,
3) Since Voldemort is alive, this kills the soul bit but not Harry 
(blood protection, from the blood Voldemort took from Harry),
4) AK rebounds due to blood protection,
5) AK hits Voldemort,
6) since Nagini is dead, and the soul bit in Harry is destroyed in 3), 
Voldemort dies, having no Horcruxes to tie him to life anymore.
7) Yay!