Babbling on on Avada Kadavra mechanics

[ericwackwitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 172784


> doug:
> It would seem there was a fifty / fifty chance of the
> Avada Kedavra taking one or the other soul. Same pretty
> much with the Veil or a Dementor. Obviously the difference
> is that the "soul" has to be willing to die for the Avada
> Kedavra to rebound. It is effective, but it's the sacrifice
> which "comes back" on the caster. (?)
>
> So, as Voldemort's soul was unwilling to die, *it* was the
> one which was killed.
>
> I would as yet like to see Rowling's explanation of the
> mechanics here, because, as I understand it, it was Lily's
> sacrifice which caused the rebound, but presumably the spell
> which killed Voldemort was the one which he cast at Harry.
>
> Nope, nope. I think I see.
>
> Avada Kadavra takes the Life, not the Soul. So it was
> Harry's sacrificial state of mind - for the sake of others.
> So as Lily's sacrifice protected Harry, and Harry's
> sacrifice protected others...  his Death separated the two
> souls he harboured, and it was because he was Master of Death,
> that he didn't actually die...(?)
>
> So why was Voldy blasted from his body the first time and not
> the second? Why was the house at Godric's Hollow destroyed but
> nothing in the Forbidden Forest?


Eric:
I read it this way:

In order to destroy a Horcrux, you need to magically destroy its
container.  When Voldemort AK'd Harry in the Forest, he destroyed
the container of the Horcrux (Harry's body).  Much in the same way
that killing Nagini destroyed the last Horcrux.

As far as Voldemort getting blasted the first time, I believe that
was due to Lily's blood protection that he was able to bypass after
GOF.

My take is that in the King's Cross chapter, both Harry's and
Voldemort's souls were present.  That is why the death eaters were
very worried and huddled around Voldemort - who was just getting up -
 when Harry 'returned'.  Voldemort was 'killed' also.  However, he
still had Nagini, the last Horcrux, that enabled him to 'go back'.
I wonder if his AK rebounded on him at that time as well like it
does at the end of the book?

Anyway, that is my opinion.  Feel free to disagree!

Eric