(#) Vanir 2008-11-25
Oh, all these angles. My head's spinning. Harry having a positive reaction due to the phoenix tears, his inner Harry-Potter-ness and the brand on his underwear, but the Dork Lard doesn't know this and treats it as a strengthening ritual, tries it, eventually going subatomic poof.
The dramatic influx of energy grounded itself through the scar, either deepfrying Voldie, or destroying his core.
Hmm. Going preudoscientific for a moment here. Gammarays has very high frequencies. Could these fast, energetic particles have sort of filled in the atomic gaps in the shield themselves, losing some of their energetic properties to the shield? That would make the effects on an exposed magical core very, very ...fic-worthy.
I'm staying transfixed by this one. Damn, this is fun.
Vanir