Father-Son Names

[Lizzie]

No: HPFGUIDX 18241

>MMMfanfic at hotmail.com
 >(BTW, the first rule is NEVER, NEVER under any circumstances, name 
>or allow your son to be named after yourself.  Witness Tom Riddle, 
>Barty Crouch.)

Good point. JKR could be trying to prejudice us against sons who are 
named after their fathers. But then what are we supposed to do 
about...*drumroll please*...Harry James Potter? Now there's a 
starting point for theories which will turn the Potterverse on its 
head. For one - and I know I'm going out on a limb here - but what if 
Harry follows in the grand tradition of namesakes and goes bad 
himself??? *runs to hide from all the curses, jinxes, howlers and 
baseball bats that she is sure are coming her way* I know, I detest 
the idea as well, and frankly don't think he could go bad. But it 
would be an interesting end to the series, from a literary POV. I'd 
be interested to hear the opinions of others on this, and also can 
anyone think of any other books with father/son names as a kind of 
theme?

Of course, perhaps those with their fathers names as a middle name 
are the exact opposite of straight-out namesakes. (Phew. Nice save)

Lizzy.