What HP Character Scares You Most?

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191880

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:

Bart:
> And that solution was, as I have said before, akin to a a real 
> world fact: when a drunken driver gets into an accident with one or more 
> other vehicles, the drunken driver often sustains the least injuries. 
> This is due to the fact that, in accident situation, people's muscles 
> usually tense up, holding the bones in place, so that the full force of 
> the impact hits them. The drunk person's muscles are relaxed, so that 
> the impact is more distributed, and less damage is done. For the horcux 
> to be destroyed and Harry to live, he has to be completely relaxed at 
> the time of the destruction. In order for this to happen, Harry must be 
> absolutely willing to die; any concept that he might survive the 
> encounter would paradoxically guarantee that he wouldn't. 

Geoff:
I feel I must disagree with you on this. This ties in with some of the
information which was revealed in hindsight at the last confrontation 
between Voldemort and Harry.

I agree that Harry had to go willingly to face Voldemort believing that 
he would be killed, but by now, Harry was already the Master of the 
Elder Wand and was also still protected by his mother's love. Therefore, 
Voldemort should not have been able to win the duel in the Forest. The 
only reasons why he was not totally defeated at this point was that (1) 
there were still Horcruxes existing after the one inside Harry was 
destroyed and (2) Harry did not counteract his spell by defending himself 
as he did in the Great Hall later where the Elder Wand's power "to perform 
as legend says it must perform for its rightful owner"@ is unleashed.

In these circumstances, Harry had to survive the encounter.

@ Voldemort speaking: DH "The Elder Wand" p.527 UK edition.