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

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
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> ...go and read it for yourselves.  Fascinating stuff, really.
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> 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.
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Nothing startling there; modern Potter theory (i.e. since OoP) accepts
that charms and ancient magic were the protective agents, not anything
specific to Lily. And since DD was well aware that Neville was also a
possibility he would have been remiss, not to say negligent if he
didn't protect Neville to the same extent as Harry.

And who is to say that if Neville had been the recipient of Voldy powers
he wouldn't be as magically competent as Harry. How much of Harrys
powers are his own, how much from Voldy?

I consider this to be another JKR non-answer, speculating on what
didn't happen while very carefully refraining from telling us what
actually did. Who knows how Neville would have turned out if Frank
and Alice had actually died? Helpless parents are a significant hostage to
fortune in a world with evilly intentioned persons in it.

More appositely, some of us consider the possibility that DD was at least 
partly responsible for pointing Voldy in the direction of Harry, if so the 
whole thing becomes moot.

"Kibosh on other ideas" - Possession Theory you mean?
I can't agree. The idea is - a stroll through Harry's mind picking up anything
useful, then the quiet surcease. SFAIK you can't read the mind of a corpse.
If he wanted to learn of 'the power' he needed a live body.

Besides, in our world murder can arrive in the guise of the poisoned chalice, 
the strangling cord, the bullet, the blunt instrument. 
AK is the equivalent of the bullet.
IMO it demonstrates limited thinking to believe that an AK is the sole snuffer
of life's fluttering flame in the WW. 

Kneasy