Maybe this?

Well, we all know that, on that one night when james and lily died,

lily was with harry, and james defended the door

ergo- james died first, then lily.

In GoF when the spirits of those voldemort had killed were coming from his wand, james came out before lily, meaning he died after her.

theres a few things i think about this.

maybe james survived the first aveda, like harry did, maybe its justa potter thing, making it possible for neville to be voldys bane.
why would it be a potter thing...well rumours are that harry is a decendant of slytherin, or gryffindor
being a decendant of one of these would prove a 'reasonable' sxplanation.

or maybe harry uses a timeturner, in his seventh year
being old enough, and being the double of his father, maybe witnesses saw harry at the door, harry dies, lily is killed, james discovers them and is killed.

therefore leading to a good reason for harry to die,

it also means voldemort eventually wins

After all, even harry cant tell the difference between himself and his dad from a distance, POA remember, and he has seen his dad in photos and in the mirror of erised.

also the only witnesses would be from a distance, nobdoy is going to want to get too close to voldemort and the death eaters are they

voldy somewhere in PS says he killed james first (thanks exa 🙂)

Well maybe he thought he had, aftrer all he hasnt SEEN the grown up harry yet, so he wouldnt know any better.

although when james DID actually arrive, how would voldy explain that,

maybe he thought it was a dummy, a close friend using a pollyjuice potion perhaps...just to throw him off the trail

Originally posted by Shadowy_Exa
voldy somewhere in PS says he killed james first (thanks exa 🙂)

The exact quote (I knew it was somewhere in there 😛 )

"I killed your father first and he put up a courageous fight... but your mother needn't have died"

freaky, sometimes i think that JK made a mistake but know that she realize that she's gonna come up with some lame excuse...

:exa- good detective work 😍 *gives a nice lovely jewel*

That is really good detective work! I wonder if it really means something.

i don't think it means anything it would be kewl if it does 🙂 but don't think so tho... 🙄 😕

Why dont you think os?

cause do u think that james is alive??? it would change the book waaaaay too much, and it's a bit late for that dont u think?

actually, if u have a copy of the hardcover 4th book u can c that james comes out then lily. then in the paperback version, lily comes out then james.

whats hardcover? 😖

Originally posted by Shadowy_Exa
:exa- good detective work 😍 *gives a nice lovely jewel*

But you're the one who did the detective work 🙂

Originally posted by celestial_moon
actually, if u have a copy of the hardcover 4th book u can c that james comes out then lily. then in the paperback version, lily comes out then james.

😱
Hmm, that's interesting... You mean the hardcover that was published first?
'_'
Seems like it was really just a mistake
Does the context also change in the paperbacks?

It was an editing mistake which the first publications of GoF are full of. This was corrected in subsequent versions. Lily really was killed after James, so she should have got the line, "your father's coming, it'll be all right. He wants to see you."

Oh- alright
but i dont have the paperback i have the hardback and still james is out first.

But why would JK make such a huuuuge mistake

Originally posted by heartfire
It was an editing mistake which the first publications of GoF are full of. This was corrected in subsequent versions. Lily really was killed after James, so she should have got the line, "your father's coming, it'll be all right. He wants to see you."

I dunno but i read the harcover and the other book and they were the same...

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it is too strange.

but theoretically you r right. 😑

yeah but i think that if voldy was looking for two of the most loved wizards
people are gonna protect them

there was the whole spell thing, maybe some old class mates were using a pollyjuice potion....to look like lily and/or james

or maybe thats what voldy thought
he kills harry
he kills lily
he kills james

he thinks there were two james's/ meaning one oculd be using a pollyjuice potion

which could be one of the missing death eaters in book 4 who was actually one of james's friends, after all snape wouldnt be the only spy would he.

yhmm.....
i thought the second missing deatheater was karakoff (sorry, wh have different spelling) i mean that krum's headmister.