FAQ poll answered... (with spoilers for said FAQ poll)

[nrenka]

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...go and read it for yourselves.  Fascinating stuff, really.

Particularly the revelations that if Frank or Alice had been ready or 
able to sacrifice themselves for Neville (if Voldemort had attacked 
him), then the curse would also have rebounded.  I think that 
probably nukes the "Lily did something specifically special" theory.  
She also talks about Voldemort intending to *murder* Harry, which 
seems to put the kibosh on some other ideas.

There's also some commentary which lends strength to the idea that 
she thinks about her characters in terms of their 
character/virtues/what they are, in a deep sense.

Hmmm...

-Nora gets back to packing books