Father-Son Names (hero going bad)

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No: HPFGUIDX 18270

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lizzie" <nizbet_noni at h...> wrote:
> >MMMfanfic at h...
>  >(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.

Hey everyone, I'm a usual lurker, but i figured I'd pipe in this 
time..

As "horrible" as it sounds, it is definitly not a new idea to have a 
character go "bad" for a while before they realize what they have 
done... the series I most often compare HP with is Star Wars and for a 
short while, the hero gives in at the climax of the story arc... has 
the entire audience thinking "No, don't do that!" but has the 
realization/revalation to make him reconsider... It's a possible idea, 
one i don't think will materialized either, but you never know. 

Voldemort has played on Harry's sensitive and delicate emotions 
towards what happened to his parents before; Snape already started 
hinting to the fact that James Potter wasn't so 100% pure perfect 
never-does-wrong herioc. If there are more skeleton's to uncover about 
Harry's parents' past, something COULD get to Harry's head. Books 5-7 
will certainly be interesting indeed!

-Heather :)