Lily's Protection

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

When Lily Potter died, the magic of her sacrifice gave her son protection against Lord Voldemort. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry with an Avada Kedavra, a spell for which there is no known magical shield, Lily's protection caused the spell to rebound and hit Voldemort instead. More than ten years later, when Prof. Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, tried to touch Harry, Lily's protection caused his skin to burn. Clearly, then, Lily's protection was both powerful and enduring.

I have a couple questions, though, about Lily's protection....

1. If Lily's protection made it impossible for Quirrellmort to even touch Harry, then why didn't it prevent a fragment of Voldemort's soul from latching onto Harry?

2. Likewise, why didn't Lily's protection appear to have any effect upon the diary horcrux, even though Harry touched it and entered its pensieved memories?

Comments

[sionna-raven.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've understood that. The main difference between Quirrelmort and any other fragment of his soul, including Harry himself, is that Quirrel is possessed by the core soul, the active Voldemort while all others are just fragments.

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

So the soul fragments are somehow fundamentally different Voldemort himself?

[annoni-no.livejournal.com]

It might be a question of degree of separation: after all, spells cast by Voldie could still hurt/be dangerous to Harry, it was only physical contact that was impossible. On the other hand, since the protection inheres in Harry's *blood,* maybe it is almost entirely physical in nature, and any protection from magic is a weaker side effect.

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

after all, spells cast by Voldie could still hurt/be dangerous to Harry

After the AK rebounded on him, I don't think Voldemort ever cast any magic directly at Harry again until he had regained his body.

[sharaz-jek.livejournal.com]

Except implied Legilimency, when he realises that Harry's hidden the Stone in his pocket.

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

oh, that's a good point

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, I'm not sure if Voldemort really needed to use Legilimency to figure out that Harry had the stone. It may have been obvious from Harry's body language and the bulge in his pocket.

[sionna-raven.livejournal.com]

They are just pieces of Voldemort's soul, not Voldemort himself. The core personality is the one which lost it's body at GH. The diarycrux is a bit confusing, because it seems to act on its own and can learn, but that is IMHO mainly the magic of the diary under the influence of the soul piece.