So, often, when it's asked why Lily seems to be the only known case of Love/sacrifice protection, the answer is that in addition of giving their lives willingly, the one sacrificing themselves must be given a chance to escape.  But if this is the case, why in Deathly Hallows Harry was given none at the Forest, and still the protection seems to work on all people on his side?
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We know that Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse because Lily loved him so much that she sacrificed herself in an attempt to protect him. This resulted in a very powerful charm that pretty much rendered Harry immune to Voldemort (until Voldemort figured out the work-around). Then there's this passage describing that night:  [Voldemort] was over the threshold as James came sprinting down the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand ... &quot;Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off -&quot; Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! ... He laughed before casting the curse ... &quot;Avada Kedavra!&quot; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 17: Bathilda's Secret  So James Potter, fully aware that he was sacrificing himself (he said &quot;I'll hold him off,&quot; not &quot;I'll get rid of him&quot;) ran to face Voldemort because of his love for Lily and Harry. This seems to be very similar to how Lily tried to protect Harry from Voldemort even though she knew she would die. It seems to me that the same charm should have been cast upon Lily when James died, but just moments later Voldemort killed her too. Apparently James' sacrifice did not result in a charm that protected Lily, even though he did it from love for her and Harry. Why is this? Was something different in the circumstances?
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I've heard differing interpretations of the role of Harry's mother's magic.  The one I currently believe, is that, Voldemort did in fact evade his mother's magic, but that protective magic was reinstated as soon as Voldemort's soul fragment was removed from Harry's soul. This is justified by the fact that when Harry grabbed Voldemort and tried to fall to their death, they screamed in pain as they flew around, because the contact hurt Voldemort once more.  But there's another-that was that that magic was exactly what protected him when Voldemort hit Harry with the killing curse. This is specifically in conflict with the idea that since Harry was the true owner of the Elder wand, the Elder wand would allow him to win any duel.   The problem with the Elder wand idea is that, there were other cases owners of the elder wand were killed by competitors, as when Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald. If it has more to do with the fact that his mother's magic protects him, then how do we interpret the purpose of the Elder wand? If it's the Elder wand, then why didn't the Elder wand kill Voldemort in that attempt straight away, rather than before he tried to invade the castle again?   Also, the idea of Elder wand ownership is kind of funny when it comes to Harry since he is occupied by two souls, his own and Voldemort's fragment. To which soul does the Elder wand attribute loyalty, and how does it determine this, if it is in fact the Elder wand's doing that stops the killing curse from rupturing Harry's own soul as well?
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Quoting from  and : From a :  Samantha: Was snape the only death eater who could produce a full patronus J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.  I always had the impression that just the presence of a dementor should have an effect on any human around, DE or otherwise. However, this quote makes it sound like DE's are exempt from the effect of the dementors. However, from Sirius's description in book 3, we know every prisoner in Azkaban was affected by dementors, which can further be corroborated by the fact of how much Barty Crouch, Jr. was scared of being thrown into Azkaban. Moreover, if the dementors didn't affect the DE's at all, throwing them in Azkaban wouldn't be much of a punishment either. So, Can dementors decide who to affect or not?
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So I was reading through this list:   And it happens to state:     Voldemort cannot love due to being conceived under the effects of a   love potion.   Now, I'm pretty sure that's not canon. I can't find a source for this in that site. But now that it mentions it, I can't help but stop wondering how did they reach that conclusion at all.  Is there anything canon that might suggest that statement? About how a love potion on Voldemort's father happened to affect his own ability to love?
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During Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort tries his best to lure Harry to the Ministry so that Harry retrieves the prophecy for him. In the aftermath, while Harry follows Bellatrix towards the exit, he raises a valid question:  ”Why couldn’t he (Voldemort) come and get it (the prophecy) himself?”  This is a valid question, the prophecy is labeled as referring to the Dark Lord and maybe Harry Potter. Only those mentioned can retrieve the prophecy, so Voldemort should have been able to get it, assuming he is the Dark Lord of the prophecy. Bellatrix gives a good answer:  “Get it himself?” shrieked Bellatrix on a cackle of mad laughter. “The Dark Lord, walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The Dark Lord, reveal himself to the Aurors, when at the moment they are wasting their time on my dear cousin?”  Despite the cackle of mad laughter, the reasoning is sound, Voldemort didn't want to reveal himself. Yet he does exactly that when he appears in the Ministry and is seen by the Minister himself, and he exposes himself for no gain. Bellatrix may or may not have been able to escape without his help, but he couldn't know that before he came, and his other followers that were captured were freed again a few months later, so it wouldn't have mattered much, he would have freed her, too. So why did he go to the Ministry and reveal himself?
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So has JKR ever mentioned, or is it indicated anywhere in canon why Fawkes did not come to save Dumbledore when he was confronted by Draco and the four other Death Eaters on the Astronomy Tower on that fateful night in Chapter 27 of the Half-Blood Prince?  There are several instances where Fawkes was timely in saving his master and Harry.  I know there's an out-of-universe answer to every question on books (Dumbledore had to die so that Harry can continue on this path alone, albeit aided by Ron and Hermione). I'm not looking for any of that please.  Was Dumbledore simply prepared to die that night?
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While answering another question I mentioned the love protection spell from Harry's mom, which got me thinking, since this spell is so unique and no one understands it, does that mean not a single person in the entire history of wizards is known to have died for someone because of love and then have created a protection spell for that person?  No parents, spouses or really close friends in the history of everything self-sacrificed for a loved one?  Did JKR create a loveless universe, where love was as miraculous and rare as the fact that Harry is the only person to survive Avada Kedavra?
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Which Harry Potter characters appear in all seven books, only to die in book seven? [MAJOR SPOILERS/CHARACTER DEATHS]  I can go either way on       Harry,   depending on your interpretation of the King's Cross chapter in Deathly Hallows.      Some feel he died; other believe it was more along the lines of a near-death experience. I'll accept either interpretation.     I'm not requesting this, but just as an FYI: It's fun to try and answer questions like this from memory before hitting up canon. This is not a list question, as there is a finite number of characters who fit the question's criteria.   &#9733; I'm looking for a canon-based answer (the seven Harry Potter novels, the three supplemental books, J.K. Rowling interviews, and Pottermore) and do not prefer an answer from either the HP Wikia or the Wikipedia.  NOTE: A few months ago I got an email from a fellow SFF.se user about the Harry Potter questions on the site. Now, I cannot find her email :/ She asked me this question as a personal challenge and I put it onto the back burner, but today I decided I would post it here and see if the user who emailed me will comment so I can fully credit her for the question.
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When the Order of the Phoenix fears that Snape will reveal Grimmauld Place to the Death Eaters, they have to evacuate, leaving . Why could they not have cast another Fidelius charm, which would protect them? Surely if you cast another charm, it would hide it from people that already know, since you can hide a house from people that already know (otherwise it'd be useless - surely Voldemort/a Death Eater would have known where James Potter's house was before the Fidelius Charm was set up).
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In "The Prisoner of Azkaban", chapter 17, "Cat, Rat, and Dog":     Harry raised the wand.  Now was the moment to do it.  Now was the moment to avenge his mother and father.  He was going to kill Black.  He had to kill Black.  This was his chance...   How was Harry going to kill him, had he tried to go through with it?  It's only his third year, and I don't think he knows any killing curses yet.
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I have seen many discussions here about locations where Voldemort hid his Horcruxes. The fans settle down with this: Voldemort chose those locations where he himself could easily reach.  Why didn't Voldemort just vanish his Horcruxes using Fidelius Charm and became Secret Keeper himself? This way only and only he could reach it (making him 100% immortal). And, there's no flaw to it.
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Most of this discussion involves events at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows so if you haven't read that book and don't want spoilers, then stop reading right now.  Yes, now.  It's not clear whether limbo is something everyone moves through in Harry Potter when they die, but when Harry is killed, he not only ends up there, but Dumbledore is there, waiting for him.  Did Dumbledore wait for him all that time, in limbo, until Harry showed up?  Did he have any way of watching what Harry was doing in that time?  Or did he have a way to enter limbo when Harry did to meet him there?  And once Harry was gone, was Dumbledore able to move on, or would he be stuck there?
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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, while Harry is in Kings Cross he sees something like a small child, which is the fragment of Voldemort's soul that was attached to him.     He recoiled. He had spotted the thing that was making the noise. It had   the form of a small, naked child, curled on the ground, its skin raw and rough, flayed-looking, and it lay shuddering under a seat where it had been left, unwanted, stuffed out of sight, struggling for breath.      He was afraid of it. Small and fragile and wounded though it was, he did not want to approach it. Nevertheless he drew slowly nearer, ready to jump back at any moment. Soon he stood near enough to touch it, yet he could not bring himself to do it. He felt like a coward. He ought to comfort it, but it repulsed him.      Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows   Once Harry returns to the world of the living, that part of Voldemort's soul stays in limbo. Is this what happens to all fragments of someone's soul if he has divided his soul by creating a Horcrux? Does that mean that Voldemort's soul however crippled will stay in limbo or when all parts of his soul die, so does he?
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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, it is shown that members of the Order of Phoenix come to rescue Harry from his house at Privet Drive. There, they all drink Polyjuice Potion and assume the form of Harry to confuse death eaters in identifying who is the real Harry.  An obvious, more safe, better choice would be to change Harry into someone else. Maybe a muggle, like his cousin Dudley. And then, safely take him to the Weasleys, maybe apparating. That way, death eaters won't ever find out. Isn't that correct?  Why didn't they take this path, and follow a rather complicated and risky one?
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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, chapter one The Dark Lord Ascending, Voldemort believes he must use a wand other than his own in order to kill Harry, when Harry is moved from Privet Drive. He demands Lucius Malfoy's wand, and gets it.   My question is, why did Voldemort take the wand of one of his most loyal servants, rendering Lucius Malfoy useless if a battle was to occur?  If I remember correctly, he had Ollivander at his disposal, and he was the one who told him to use another wand in first place. Why not ask Ollivander to create another wand, or just use ones that he had ready to sell in his shop at Diagon Alley? He could even have taken Ollivander's own wand. If my memories are correct, a wand's importance was compared to that of a limb.
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After the downfall of Voldemort, what happened to the Death Eaters?  They committed many crimes, including mass murder and torture. Nothing in the books made mention of their punishments. What happened?
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Could the Dementors’ Kiss destroy a living Horcrux, like Harry? Lupin explains the Dementors’ Kiss to Harry in Prisoner of Azkaban:     ‘They call it the Dementors’ Kiss,’ said Lupin, with a slightly twisted smile. ‘It’s what Dementors do to those they wish to destroy utterly. I suppose there must be some kind of mouth under there, because they clamp their jaws upon the mouth of the victim and – and suck out his soul.’   Harry accidentally spat out a bit of Butterbeer. ‘What – they kill –?’   ‘Oh, no,’ said Lupin. ‘Much worse than that. You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self any more, no memory, no ... anything. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just – exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone for ever ... lost.’   Prisoner of Azkaban - Page 183 - British Hardcover   Subsequently, Dumbledore tells Snape in The Prince's Tale in Deathly Hallows:     'On the night Lord Voldemort tried to kill him, when Lily cast her own life between them as a shield, the Killing Curse rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, and a fragment of   Voldemort’s soul was blasted apart from the whole, and latched itself on to the only living soul left in that collapsing building.   Deathly Hallows - Page 550 - British Hardcover   I noticed that it says the portion of Voldemort's soul latched onto Harry's soul, but it does not specify in canon that the two souls assimilate one another, as opposed to co-existing (aside from Dumbledore saying, 'To speak of one [Harry] is to speak of the other [Voldemort].')  When delivering the Kiss would a Dementor be able to tell there was a portion of another person’s soul along with the victim’s own soul? If not -- based on what we know about the Dementors’ Kiss, Horcruxes, and the soul from canon -- could the Dementor destroy the Horcrux portion of the soul while leaving the victim’s original and untainted soul untouched and intact? Or would both portions of both souls be sucked out by the Dementor?  From the King's Cross chapter in Deathly Hallows we know it is possible for the Horcrux portion of attached souls to be destroyed while the other part lives. Based on what we know from canon could the Dementors' Kiss be a means of destroying a Horcrux?  Related question . (What effect would the Dementors' Kiss have on Voldemort prior to the destruction of his Horcruxes?)