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

[Keith Fraser]

No: HPFGUIDX 10597

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kimberly " <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Keith Fraser" 
<keith.fraser at s...> 
> wrote:> 
> > Yes, that is very true. I actually realised that after posting my 
> > last message (or was it before and I forgot when I was posting? 
> Never 
> > mind). However, if Harry is your plain ordinary common-or-garden 
> > everyday bog-standard wizard, why did Voldemort want to kill him 
in 
> > the first place? 
> 
> This is where the self-fulfilling prophecy thing comes in.  Let's 
say 
> there was a prophecy that harry, or a potter man, or whatever, was 
> going to cause V's downfall, and so he chose to try to kill him, 
this 
> bringing about his downfall (because of the unicorn theory) and 
> fulfilling the prophecy at the same time?  It's such a neat little 
> ball of yarn that way - that's why I like it!
> 

Ah, of course, good point. Voldemort would feel like a bit of a prat 
if that was the case, wouldn't he?

> Really digging this thread - thanks for the debate, Keith!
> Kimberly

It's made me feel like a bit of an idiot for having a super-Harry in 
my fanfic when there are so many sound arguments against that theory, 
but you're welcome. I now subscribe to the Lord-of-the-rings-style-
little-people-defeat-overconfident-Dark-Lord school of thought: JKR 
will quite likely make Harry's victory a triumph of courage and 
ingenuity (and probably luck) over evil.

Actually, I've just had a thought - have we yet to see the full 
significance of the powers passed from Voldemort to Harry (shared 
wand, Parseltongue)? And what about the blood connection? Also, 
Harry's going to be having semi-permanent nightmares from now on 
because Voldemort's back and on the rampage. He'll probably need to 
take sleeping potions all the time to combat that.

Keith