Best guess is that Harry is a horcrux. He can’t be killed, except with very powerful magic (Avada Kedavra or equivalent), and Quirrell can’t use magic against him. Further, his last attempt at killing Harry was a total disaster. Chapter 65:
“Casst Killing Cursse? ” Harry hissed in incredulity. “At me? Again? Ssecond time? Nobody will believe Dark Lord could posssibly be that sstupid—”
“You and I are only two people in country who would notice that,” hissed the snake. “Trusst me on thiss, boy.”
This does cast some light on how Voldemort got blown up in the first place. The fatal interaction of magic stems from Harry being a horcrux; but Harry’s only a horcrux because Voldemort made him one. Further, the horcruxing most likely happened because of the weird interaction of magic which caused Voldie to blow up (and his soul-explosion, or whatever, then anchored itself to the infant Harry). It looks like there was some sort of trick with a Time Turner involved in Godric’s Hollow to set this up. I suspect Dumbledore...
P.S. If Quirrell gets really desperate, he could of course try to persuade someone else to do the AK on Harry. Will be amazing if he can persuade Dumbledore to do it...
“Goblet of Fire” contains AK#2 as far as I remember. “Deathly Hallows” actually contains AK#3 and AK#4.…
You would think that after three failed attempts, Voldemort might have got the hint. HPMoR Voldemort would of course update after one failed attempt and not try again.
Allowing for alternatives to AK, I think there are only two possible explanations for why Voldie doesn’t just kill Harry at this point:
He values Harry alive so much that he is willing to risk ending the universe.
Of course, every time the AK fails in canon, it is for a different reason (unless you count “plot armor”), making the true correct conclusion more difficult to see.
Best guess is that Harry is a horcrux. He can’t be killed, except with very powerful magic (Avada Kedavra or equivalent), and Quirrell can’t use magic against him. Further, his last attempt at killing Harry was a total disaster. Chapter 65:
This does cast some light on how Voldemort got blown up in the first place. The fatal interaction of magic stems from Harry being a horcrux; but Harry’s only a horcrux because Voldemort made him one. Further, the horcruxing most likely happened because of the weird interaction of magic which caused Voldie to blow up (and his soul-explosion, or whatever, then anchored itself to the infant Harry). It looks like there was some sort of trick with a Time Turner involved in Godric’s Hollow to set this up. I suspect Dumbledore...
P.S. If Quirrell gets really desperate, he could of course try to persuade someone else to do the AK on Harry. Will be amazing if he can persuade Dumbledore to do it...
Your quote could be just making fun of canon though.
Specifically, the final book where Voldemort goes for not just AK #2 but also AK #3 as well.
“Goblet of Fire” contains AK#2 as far as I remember. “Deathly Hallows” actually contains AK#3 and AK#4.… You would think that after three failed attempts, Voldemort might have got the hint. HPMoR Voldemort would of course update after one failed attempt and not try again.
Allowing for alternatives to AK, I think there are only two possible explanations for why Voldie doesn’t just kill Harry at this point:
He values Harry alive so much that he is willing to risk ending the universe.
He can’t kill Harry.
Of course, every time the AK fails in canon, it is for a different reason (unless you count “plot armor”), making the true correct conclusion more difficult to see.