Loss of power theory (was Harry's Special Powers)

[Keith Fraser]

No: HPFGUIDX 10317

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kimberly " <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rina Stewart" <rina at l...> wrote:
> > Penny wrote:
> > 
> > <<Are you saying that
> > Voldemort lost his power because he drank unicorn blood?  There 
was
> > something about the curse rebounding off Harry that caused 
Voldemort 
> to
> > lose his power in the first place.>>
> > 
> > I think I understand where Kimberly was coming from. (Correct me 
if 
> I'm wrong, Kimerbly!) She was comparing Harry as an infant to a 
> unicorn - both are pure and defenseless. Voldemort tried to kill 
> something pure and defenseless, and therefore he is alive, but at a 
> great price, the great price being that he is a vapor. So the curse 
> rebounded and hit him because he tried to kill something innocent.
> > 
> > Rina
> 
> 
> Rina,
> 
> Thank you for being so much more clear that I managed to be!
> That is just what I was trying to say!  
> 
> There's nothing in Firenze's description of what happens to those 
who 
> drink unicorn blood to say that the phenomenon would be unique to 
the 
> death of a unicorn.  What he says is '...you have slain something 
pure 
> and defenseless to save yourself, and you will have but a 
> half-life..."  
> It seems to be similar to what happened to Voldemort after he tried 
to 
> curse Harry, so I thought maybe the same thing applied in the 
magical 
> world with anything pure and defenseless, like a baby.  
> It's kind of a stretch, but it's the first thing that stood out to 
me 
> as a possible explanation that wouldn't include something outside 
of 
> canon like Lily performing some special charm or Harry being 
> super-baby.  I don't know if it's true, but it is one theory I've 
come 
> up with.
> 
> I hope that makes more sense now?
> kimberly

I like this idea about the infant/unicorn business. However, Harry 
having no special abilities makes it unlikely he will be able to 
defend himself against, much less defeat, Voldemort in the near 
future (which is what must surely happen in book 7, unless JKR wants 
to write more or intends to have the bad guys win), except by 
trickery/dumb luck. And there's still the fact that he could hold off 
the Imperius Curse when a powerful wizard like Crouch the Elder was 
kept under control for months...

Keith