Harry's protection extended to those he protected, not himself.
Wand loyalty is complex, while wands don't work well when the wielder is not the owner, they don't work badly either, nor do they protect the owner if used against them, in fact if they did, Harry need not have feared for his life in the final confrontation, in fact when he spoke to Dumbledore in "limbo" they raised the issue that Harry could return there if it all went wrong, i.e. Harry could definitely die.
Voldemort's Avada Kedravara did kill Harry, it's just that because he was a Horocrux, Harry could decide to live again. In fact it was Harry's death that made the prophecy "neither of us will live if the other is still alive" come true, and it was also what made the protection of love extend to the Hogwarts warriors because Harry died for them as Lily died for him.
If the protection of love had also protected Harry himself, he would not have been scared when facing Voldemort, there would have been no talk that Harry might go back "into limbo" and there would be no surprise in the confrontation against Voldemort because we would all already know that "Harry could not die"
and you're welcome, it's fun to debate among fans 😝
Actually I have to disagree here. Remeber how Dumbledore was sure that Harry must die in the end to voldemort for the horcrux to be defeated. But in Goblet of fire, when Dumbledore heard Voldemort had taken harry's blood to regenerate his body, "There seemed to be a gleam in his eyes" or something...I forgot the exact line. It was in fact this that voldemort had taken harry's blood that provided a way for harry to survive the killing curse, not the fact that he was a horcrux - voldemort was tethering harry to the world. As long as voldemort is alive, harry wouldn't die - lily's protection would keep protecting him. He would keep coming back (I think)
So in a way, it is quite the anticlimax. As you said, before the final confrontation, harry was already victorious. In the forest though, harry was still not victorious because Nagini was still alive, and voldemort also couldn't die. But at the final confrontation, after neville killed nagini, Harry had already won.
But that is exactly what happened in the end isn't it. Voldemort fired the killing curse and it backfired. Harry didn't have to use the killing curse to kill voldemort.
This you may be correct. I am not entirely sure if my theory was correct here, it just came to my mind 😅 But once I finish the 7th book this time, I'll get back to you if I have anymore thoughts :D
Cheers 😀
What I said I said because I have read the complete saga more than once. The protection of love works on those you protect, not on yourself, Harry's death fulfilled the prophecy and that's why he had the choice to return (in fact remember that Harry thought he would die and that's why he entrusted Neville to kill Nagini) to the die, Harry's task would already be done, he faced Voldemort at the end by choice and knowing that he could fail in fact the book quotes "and entrusting himself to the heavens, Harry raised his wand" with that line J.K made it clear that Harry could die at Voldemort's hands, of course, someone else could kill him because he was now mortal, but that leads me to the fact that, since we agreed that Harry could now die, Voldemort could have finished him off in the Forbidden Forest, that is also clear with the The terror that Harry felt when he heard Voldemort ask someone to check him to see if he was still alive, then Harry had already spoken with Dumbledore and Dumbledore had already given him the corresponding explanations and if he had clarified Har ry "that he couldn't die at Voldemort's hands" don't you think Harry had nothing to fear if Voldemort knew he was still alive?
If you disagree, there's no problem, it's okay that everyone has their own point of view of a work, the important thing is to enjoy it :3