Me deparei com um antigo ensaio sobre o Harry Potter Lexicon de 19 de janeiro de 17, escrito após o lançamento de cálice de Fogo quando muitos detalhes sobre o ataque de Voldemort em Godric's Hollow ainda eram desconhecidos. O interessante é que flutua a idéia, com base no que está escrito nos quatro primeiros livros, de que Voldemort não poderia ter atacado Harry. e Lily / James.
According to JKR (Diane Rehm show, 10/20/99), "Voldemort killed James and Lily, then tried to kill Harry." This is clearly what she intends. It is not, however, what it actually says in the books. This page discusses what the actual text states and what that would mean. Clearly, JKR doesn't intend this to be the way the story goes. But this IS the way it's written.
Tudo o que se sabia com certeza sobre os eventos em Godric's Hollow no 2001 foi baseado nas vozes que Harry ouve quando na presença de um Dementador, o testemunho em primeira mão de Voldemort daquela noite depois que ele retorna e Priori Incantatem no cemitério. Ainda a Priori Incantatem contém uma omissão importante - o Avada Kedavra lançado em Harry por Voldemort (um dos eventos mais importantes de toda a história!).
O resumo do artigo sobre o Priori Incantatem é como se segue:
Cruciatus Curse cast on Harry by Voldemort a few moments before (comes out as screams), June 24, 1995
conjuring of a magical hand to replace the one Wormtail cut off, cast by Voldemort after regaining his full body, June 24, 1995
Cruciatus Curse cast by Voldemort on Avery, June 24, 1995
the murder of Cedric Diggory with the Killing Curse, cast by Wormtail on Voldemort's command, June 24, 1995
Cruciatus Curse cast on Wormtail, witnessed by Harry in his dream, cast by Voldemort, exact date unknown, but somewhere around the last week of May, 1995
the murder of Frank Bryce with the Killing Curse on the evening of August 20, 1994, cast by Voldemort in his "ugly baby" form, from his chair in the Riddle House
the murder of Bertha Jorkins, exact spell inknown, cast by Voldemort, summer of 1994, some time before August 20
the murder of James Potter, exact spell unknown, apparently cast by someone other than Voldemort and probably NOT at his direct command, on the evening of or sometime after October 31, 1981.
the murder of Lily Potter, exact spell unknown, also apparently cast by someone other than Voldemort and probably not at his direct command, also on the evening of or sometime after October 31, 1981.
Como o ataque a Harry não é mencionado, o escritor conclui logicamente que os assassinatos de Lily e James ocorreram. depois de o ataque a Harry no qual Voldemort perdeu seu corpo e, portanto, Voldemort deve ter sido cúmplice quando foi para Godric's Hollow.
The evidence that we do have from the Priori Incantatem suggests that James and Lily were killed using Voldemort's wand AFTER Voldemort attacked Harry. After all, the last nine spells that wand cast included the ones that killed the Potters but DID NOT INCLUDE THE ONE THAT ATTACKED HARRY AND REBOUNDED ONTO VOLDEMORT. This mystery still remains, no matter in which order Lily and James came out of the wand. Who, if Voldemort was unable to cast a spell, killed James and Lily Potter?
Sabemos dos livros posteriores, principalmente da descrição do ataque em Relíquias da Morte, que não foi isso que realmente aconteceu. Ainda a Priori Incantatem dá essa impressão. Para se ajustar à ordem dos eventos nos outros livros, o Priori Incantatem Deveria ter ido:
O assassinato de Bertha Jorkins.
O ataque fracassado a Harry Potter usando Avada Kedavra.
O assassinato de Lily Potter.
O assassinato de James Potter.
Ainda não.
Não há menção ao Avada Kedavra no texto, que se move diretamente de Bertha para Lily.
But already, yet another head was emerging...and this head, grey as a smoky statue, was a woman's...Harry, both arms shaking now, as he fought to keep his wand still, saw her drop to the ground and straighten up like the others, staring...
The shadow of Bertha Jorkins surveyed the battle before her with wide eyes.
"Don't let go, now!" she cried, and her voice echoed like Cedric's, as though from very far away. "Don't let him get you, Harry - don't let go!"
She and the other two shadowy figures began to pace around the inner walls of the golden web, while the Death Eaters flitted around the outside of it...and Voldemort's dead victims whispered as they circled the duellers, whispered words of encouragement to Harry, and hissed words Harry couldn't hear to Voldemort.
And now another head was emerging from the tip of Voldemort's wand...and Harry knew when he saw it who it would be...he knows as though he had expected it from the moment when Cedic had appeared from the wand...knew, because the woman appearing was the one he'd thought of more than any other tonight...
(Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34, Priori Incantatem).
Nenhuma descrição do Avada Kedavra lá. E ainda sabemos que Priori Incanatem revela todos os feitiços, não apenas vítimas de assassinato. Por isso, produz gritos para representar a Maldição Cruciatus e recria a mão de Rabicho e a Marca Negra em forma de fantasma. Então o Avada Kedavra deveria ter aparecido, mas não apareceu.
Isso é apenas uma supervisão editorial ou existe uma explicação no universo?