[HPforGrownups] Re: There's Something Special About Harry...

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 11565

Pippin wrote:

>	How do we know those powers *aren't* Voldie related. Wouldn't it
>be neat if the power to resist Voldemort's curse came from Voldie
>himself?
>	At several times in the narrative, a little voice, sometimes it's
>called a "nasty little voice,' speaks to Harry from the back of his
>mind. I keep wondering about that voice. Is it Harry's subconscious or
>could it be the voice of the part of Voldemort that got transferred to
>Harry, and are they by now inextricably entwined?
>

Ooh.  Pippin knows that I agree with her on many things.  :-)  Although she 
could very well be right, I hope that this is not the statement that JKR is 
making here.

I'm unsettled by the idea that any special abilities/powers that Harry 
possesses are derived from his contact with Voldemort.  A few, yes.  Some, 
perhaps.  But I hope that the core of his magical ability is innate.  To 
pick up on the Thanatos thread, can Death beget life in and of itself?  Can 
darkness bring forth life in and of itself?

Even if Harry's Vold-like powers (wand core likenesses, Parseltongue, etc.) 
were derived solely from the incident on Halloween 1981, it still doesn't 
entirely explain away the mystery of how he survived Avada Kedavra in the 
first place.

I still think there's something about Harry.  Perhaps I'll never be able to 
prove it theoretically, but that was one of the three gut feelings I had 
before I talked to a single grown-up fan.  *Especially* after reading GoF 
for the first time.

--Ebony AKA AngieJ



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Ebony AKA AngieJ
(H/H Special Agent, First Class)

"'We start by recruiting members,' said Hermione happily.  'I thought two 
Sickles to join--that buys a badge--and the proceeds can fund our leaflet 
campaign.  You're treasurer, Ron--I've got you a collecting tin 
upstairs--and Harry, you're secretary, so you might want to write down 
everything I'm saying now, as a record of our first meeting.'

"There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry 
sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on 
Ron's face."

--from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 225, 1st Amer. ed.

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