Harry, impossible to kill?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 177630

---  "allies426" <AllieS426 at ...> wrote:
>
> Deathly Hallows, 708, US:
> 
> Harry:  "He took my blood."
> DD:  "He took your blood and rebuilt his living body
> with it! Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's 
> protection inside both of you! He tethered you to 
> live while he lives!" <snip> "His body keeps her 
> sacrifice alive, and while that enchantment survives,
> so do you and so does Voldemort's one last hope for
> himself."
> 
> This means that it is *impossible* for Harry to be 
> killed by Voldemort after he is reborn. So except 
> for a few happy coincidences, the scene at King's 
> Cross could have happened any number of other times:
> 
> ...snip examples...
> 
> Why, then, did the rebounding curse rip Voldemort out
> of his body when he attacked Harry in Godric's Hollow,
> but merely knock him out for a few minutes in the 
> forest?  ... 
> 
> In fact, if the blood protection is still in effect, 
> does that mean there was no way EVER for Voldemort to
> kill Harry? That Lily's sacrifice endowed Harry 
> **forever** with protection from Voldemort's AK? ...


bboyminn:

I don't think this is cut-and-dried. That is, I think
there is an intended element of confusion in it. The
protections we speak of are very esoteric. They are
embued with the mystery of magic that is little 
understood even by the likes of Dumbledore; who probably
understood much much more than most.

I also think this is true of the final confrontation.
They are many factors at play all of which, some of 
which, or none of which may be relevant. 

Rather than say Voldemort can or can not kill Harry, 
let me say that I think it is possible for Voldemort
to cause Harry's death, which is not quite the same
thing.

It is not impossible to kill Harry, just far more
difficult that other wizard who do not have this
special protections surrounding them. I think the
circumstance under which Harry's protection is
highest, and Voldemort's is the lowest, if a direct
frontal killing-curse attack by Voldemort. 

As to the difference in reaction in the rebounding
spell when comparing Godrics Hollow to the events in
the forest, I can only speculate. In the events at
Godrics Hollow, Lily's sacrifice was fresh and Harry
was as innocent as it is possible for a human to be.
In the forest, time has past, circumstances have 
changed. Harry is less innocent, and Voldemort's
actions are not as fresh as Godrics Hollow.

Plus, Harry fell into an almost-death, or a near-death.
So, the rebounding curse, would not have ripped Voldie
from his body as completely as in Godrics Hollow. In
a sense, Harry's near-death and the 'death' of the 
Soul-Piece absorbed some of the impact. Instead of
the full force of the AK rebounding back on Voldemort,
it was more of a three-way split. 

So, both of them were thrown into this near-death limbo
that Harry saw as Kings Cross Station. We don't know 
what Voldemort's experience was, but I don't think it 
was the same as Harry's. I think more likely, Voldemort
cowered in the white fog that Harry initially saw,
and stayed there. Either that or Voldemort was tormented
by dark and ugly visions of death. 

I know I haven't really added much, but this whole 
subject is shrouded in mysterious elements of magic
that virtually no one can truly understand. 

In summary, I don't think it is impossible for Harry
to die, and I don't think it is impossible for 
Voldemort to cause Harry's death. I do think the
circumstances under which Voldemort could directly
cause Harry's death are rare and complicated. 

Like I said, I know that doesn't add much, but it's
complicated.

Steve/bboyminn