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[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 176412

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> zgirnius:
> 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!
>

Renee:
Ah, I see what you mean now. Ingenious - but didn't the blood
protection expire when Harry turned 17? Also, I don't think that the
AK could still have rebounded after killing the soul bit in Harry.
After all, it found a mark and did its job. 

Moreover, this second scenario would make Harry invulnerable to
Voldemort under any circumstances - which would make Dumbledore a
moron for thinking Harry had to die, Snape a moron for believing him,
Harry's willingness to sacrifice himself a mere misunderstanding and
the entire Elder Wand business pointless, and needlessly complicated
(as opposed to just complicated). 

So no, all considered I'm afraid I don't buy this second scenario.

Renee