my bloodline therory

evershade1 cewald at niu.edu
Fri Jan 18 18:01:06 UTC 2002


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Hi all...I never post...except for today!  Let me know what you think!
Chris

Bloodlines
.and Harry Potter (a hypothesis)

What we know for sure is that Tom Riddle (a.k.a. Lord Voldermort) was 
born to a witch and a muggle.  His father rejected him and his mother 
died giving birth to him.  

Now the hypothesis:  What if Tom Riddle's mother actually gave birth 
to twins, the other child being a girl.  Hence, there were now 
actually two heirs of Slytherin.  The girl grew up as a muggle, and 
showed no magical powers.  Later she married a man named Evans, and 
gave birth to two daughters, Petunia and Lilly.  (Lilly being born 
when she was 33 years old.)  Unexpectedly Lilly showed magical 
powers, and was invited to come to Hogwarts.  There she met James 
Potter, they married and had a child named Harry.  

Continuing on with the hypothesis:  What if James Potter was a direct 
descendent of Gryffindor?  Harry Potter would then have the blood of 
both Gryffindor and Slytherin in his veins.  Lord Voldermort 
discovered this and recognized that Lilly was his niece, and that 
Harry possibly could be the greatest wizard ever known.  His goal was 
to kill Harry.  Perhaps he felt honor bound not to kill his niece, a 
descendent of Slytherin, but Harry was not pure Slytherin, and thus 
in his mind, it was acceptable to kill him.  Lord Voldermort, 
however, underestimated  the Slytherin power of Lilly Potter.  Her 
love and her Slytherin blood protected Harry.  Could one Slytherin 
kill another without suffering the consequences?  The essence of 
Slytherin love for her child was upon Harry (could the lightening 
bolt scar on Harry's forehead really be a scar of a serpent?), and 
thus the curse Lord Voldermort sent to Harry rebounded back to 
himself with disastrous effect.  

This hypothesis could explain many clues in the story of Harry 
Potter.  Harry's physical similarity to Lord Voldermort, his ability 
to speak Parseltongue.  Harry's ability to open the Chamber of 
Secrets.  Additionally, it could explain the look of triumph in 
Dumbledor's eyes when he learns that Lord Voldermort has taken some 
of Harry's blood into himself to recreate his body.  It could make 
Lord Voldermore as powerful as Harry.  However, it could also temper 
his bloodline with the more noble qualities of Gryffinder.  We know 
that the memory form of Tom Riddle could grow stronger when it fed 
off the fear and negative thoughts of another.  We know that Quirrel 
could not touch Harry without being burned as long as Lord Voldermort 
shared his body and soul.  It would seem obvious then that Harry's 
blood (containing Gryffindor blood) would cause some effect on Lord 
Voldermort's person.







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