TBAY: Stoned!Harry

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 38653

Dicentra looks up from toweling her hair dry to hear Charis Julia
complain:

> Hmmm. But look here. Is Harry dying really all that Big Bang? Let's 
> think about it. . . Hmmm. Erm. Weeell, I'd have to say that I 
> personally I think. . . that is really . . . errr, I mean, to confess 
> the truth an' all. . . Errr. . . No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!  Don't get us wrong.  DYING isn't the
bang.  Like you say, it's been done to...  um... death.  The bang is
twofold:  Harry is Immortal because he's the Stone AND Harry's head is
going to come off and roll around on the ground.  That's Bangy.  What
happens surrounding that, whether he voluntarily gives up his
immortality to save someone or he's tempted to keep his immortality
for Evil Reasons, or he's beheaded and then ressurrects at the Worst
Possible Moment (for Voldemort) or any of that is still up for debate
and speculation (and what good is Theory Bay if it isn't littered with
speculation?).
 
So Charis Julia speculates:  
> What do I think would cause a good ker?Boom? Hmmm, well, what you've 
> got to do really is give Harry a reason to *want* to retain his 
> immortality. Verily put him in temptation, place him on the horns of 
> dilemma, haul him to the throngs of larruping, corrupting, 
> inexpungible *desire*. Make Harry want to do Wrong. After all he's a 
> mighty wizard isn't he? Powerfully magical. Like Dumbledore he must 
> be capable of both great Evil as well as great Good. Let's see that. 
> Let Harry the Seriously Evil Wizard emerge. And let the reader 
> *sympathise* with him.

> Ha. Bang!
>
There ya go!  That WOULD make for a good loud Bang or two.  I like it!
 Come on board and have a soda!

[snip more good speculation]
 
CJ: 
> Anyway, plain old run?off?the?mill death just won't cut it for me. 
> Cedric's already done it, Harry's parents have already done it, 
> countless other good witches and wizards did it and countless more 
> will do it in the new books again. Even the special giving ?up?
> immortality version has been pulled by Flamel in the very first book. 
> I want something extraordinary for Harry. Something exceptional. 
> Something really, *really* Bangy.
>  
> And also, well, I really want him to *live* too. I like Harry.
>

Dicey:  
And maybe you can have your cake and eat it too.  Stoned!Harry could
easily die and rise again.

[more snippage]
 
CJ:
> Ca(n)nons? You want ca(n)nons? I've got ca(n)nons! In fact Dicentra 
> helpfully pointed points out the first one: 
> 
Dicey: 
> >"And the scene later when Ron's tin parrot takes the head off Harry's
> >rubber haddock."

CJ: 
> Hmm, but look at what comes next will you! Harry is called over be 
> McGonagall. He fears the worst. Bad consequences will arise from his 
> haddock's gritty demise. These hasty conclusions are however quickly 
> rebutted and Harry soon has other fish to fry. He is now on a quest 
> to seek his True Love. See? Love conquers Death.
> 
> 
Cindy: 
> >Still not convinced?  What is the thing Professor Trelawney wants 
> >Harry to see in the crystal ball during his divination exam?  Yup, 
> >that's right.  A beheading!  A beheading from which Harry *saves* 
> >Buckbeak!
> 
CJ: 
> Couldn't have put it better myself. Harry thinks Buckbeaks death is 
> inevitable, yet Harry, with steadfast loyalty towards his friend 
> Hagrid and insisting doggedly on what he believes in, finally 
> conquers over Buckbeak's death. Harry escapes death. He flies away 
> from it. Something that I might point out that Harry is in the habit 
> of doing quite frequently.
 
"--but there's a thing that could be the sun. Hang on. . . that 
> means "great happiness" . . . so you're going to suffer but be very 
> happy. . ."
 
Dicey:
Saaaaay! You've got something here.  We've got the beheading motifs,
but they're followed up with positive consequences.  I like this.  I
really like this.  I was getting so worried about Harry's gruesome
death, that he'd save the world but not for himself, and that JKR's
insistence on not writing any more stories about Harry was based on
the fact that he'd be GONE! 

> 
> Charis Julia, who loves Caroline's "Stoned Harry" theory and is 
> totally sold on it, but finds the Dead!Harry part rather fishy.

--Dicentra, who thinks it might actually be a Dead!Herring
 
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