Unified Harry Potter Theorum (was Riddle House Riddles)

adatole adatole at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 2 19:42:32 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 35980

Kyli writes:
What I would like to know is why Voldie's so picky about blood lines 
if he's half-Muggle.
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OK. So here goes my not-so-eath-shaking theory on where the overall 
series is going. I appologize (once again) if this is old hat.

First, for my inputs:
Voldemort states that Lily didn't have to die, (but obviously James 
and Harry do).
Harry's parents live in Godric's Hollow
Harry's family is filthy rich
"Only a true Gryffendor could pull that sword out of the hat" says 
Dumbledore in COS.
Voldemort is the heir of Slytherine (again in COS)

So from this I surmise that the Potter family is possibly the heirs 
of Gryffendor.

So my grand theory is thus:
If there are no heirs from 3 of the original Hogwarts bloodlines 
left, then the last heir gets *something*. I have a theory on that 
too, but I'll get to it in a second.

Voldemort, in addition to total world domination, also wants that 
*something*. While it is not canon, I assume that the heirs to 
Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw died sometime before (although I also harbor 
a hope that Dumbledore is the heir to Ravenclaw - don't ask why). 

He made a special effort to get rid of James and Harry, even though 
they had gone into hiding and in effect could not openly oppose him. 
Why bother with hunting down people who are hiding if they don't 
present a threat? It makes sense if those people who are hiding have 
something you need. In this case, killing them would give Voldemort a 
power he craved.

So at the end of the series, here is what I see:
Voldemort discovers that, having used Harry's blood to create his 
body, he is now partly heir of Gryffendor too. That means that 
Voldemort could never be the LAST heir of one house, because he's the 
heir of two houses at the same time. 

Shortly after that, he dies. Because he's the bad guy and that's 
what's supposed to happen and if he doesn't die I would become a 
twisted cynical wreck of a human being for the rest of my existence.

That leaves Harry as the last heir. The something he gets is the 
ability to "elect" new heirs of the 3 houses. Ron (the faithful one) 
becomes the heir of Hufflepuff (and also rich, which he's always 
wanted). Hermionie (the smart one) becomes heir of Ravenclaw. Malfoy 
(the sneaky one) becomes heir to Slytherine. 

That conflicts with canon only in that JK said the two would not team 
up in the future. However "not team up" does not mean Harry can't 
respect Malfoy for some future deed or event in later books..

So there you go. Again, appologies if this repeats an older thread 
that I missed.

Leon







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