[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and the Phoenix/ McGonagall

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 43636

At 9/4/02 11:06 PM, bboy_mn wrote:

>Interesting thought you had; which makes me wonder, what if the
>'secret formula' based on the Elixer of Life, was NOT to give people
>imortality, but to give people like soldiers in battle short temporary
>invulnerability? In a sense, it would be the first reliable 'Block' or
>counter charm against the AK curse. This would be very benificial to
>the side that had it, and obviously, very detrimental to the side that
>didn't.

On first thought, I like this theory.  (I don't have a second thought, 
yet.)  It may have some lose ends, but it still makes some sense.  Wouldn't 
that be a great tool in the battle against Voldemort?  Heck, maybe even 
Snape, being the potions *master* was even doing something to help the 
effort to create this formula. Maybe whatever it was Snape was doing to 
help the effort is what makes Dumbledore so sure of Snape's 
loyalty.  (Letting my imagination run wild.)

>This could account for a lot of things, and it could allow Harry one
>more 'resurrection' when he finally defeats Voldemort. This could tie
>in nicely with my theory that Harry WILL die but he will not be
>killed. That is he will suffer some form of technical death, death by
>some acceptable definition, which leaves Voldemort vulnerable and
>allows Big_V to be finally killed once an for all, but at the same
>time allows the technically dead Harry to be reawakened.

I'm not sure I buy into the Harry-will-die theory, in any guise, but I do 
like the idea that Voldemort might *think* he is killing Harry, with Harry 
being protected -- again.  Personally, I'd love to see that.  Pride often 
leads to a fall, and if Voldemort was so sure he had defeated Harry, it 
would be nothing short of delightful for me to watch Voldemort fail -- again.

>The Harry must die in order for Voldemort to die, is a side effect of
>the fateful failed Death Curse. Harry surviving that original death
>curse was the result of the Secret Death Curse Invulnerability
>Experiments.

I could buy this as long as I don't have to think of Lilly and James 
experimenting on their own child.  Now if Lilly administers a potion to 
Harry because at the moment Voldemort is busy in the living room busy 
killing James and she doesn't have a lot of options left, then I can buy 
it.  What other option would there be?  Just leave it all alone, knowing 
that Voldemort will come up and kill them, or at least Harry? I like the 
idea, too, that Lilly begged for her life as a distraction to give the 
potion time to work.  Some may say that Voldemort wouldn't bother listening 
to 3 seconds of begging because he's cold-hearted and totally disinterested 
in such things.  However, some people, like Voldemort, are cruel and 
heartless enough to enjoy listening or watching someone beg.  It gives them 
an extra thrill they wouldn't get if they just went blasting straight away.

>Oooouuuuu.... new thought, maybe the secret formula is a combination
>of Dragon's Blood, Pheonix Tears, and a tiny amount of the Elixer of
>Life, or some synthetic variation of the Elixer of Life.

As long as we're concocting a potion, how about a little unicorn 
blood?  Don't have to kill the unicorns to get their blood after all.


Carol Bainbridge
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