Forgive this cranky theory(Re: There is Death and then again there is death)

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 86741


"What if he dies at the end of the series?" "How can he manage to 
survive?" 
Whatever I try to say "he's just a paper character, he's not real", 
I can't help worrying about Harry. The publication of the French 
translation (very nice art cover, very good translation, very huge 
razzia in the bookshops) doesn't help either: they gave me a 
bookmark you can hang on your bedroom's or office's door, and it 
says: "Please do not disturb, I'm with Harry Potter". This morning a 
friend of mine told me that she hardly slept last night "because of 
Harry". Another one sent me an e-mail saying "he was waiting for me 
in the bookshop". I wonder if he isn't lurking through the corridors 
of the lyceum, hiding under his invisibility cloak
 That's OK, he's 
part of our lives, even if he doesn't really exist. And one reason 
why I like HPfGU, is that it shows me that we are not, that I'm not 
the only one in that case. I've been reading the posts, it's funny 
how many among them deal with the possible conclusion of the story, 
with the blasted prophecy ™ , with how the Unforgivable Curses work, 
and whether Harry will use them to conquer Voldemort, with who is 
who in the big wizarding family tree, and whether it can explain why 
the Dark Wacko wants to kill the boy. Most of the current threats 
tend to point to THE question: will Harry survive, and how will he 
manage to do it?
I like all the theories posters make in order to find a satisfying 
solution, and particularly the one that follows. I'd like to add my 
two Knuts; they may rejoice those who desperately want a happy end.
  
Steve bboy_mn wrote:

"Alternately; the old switch-a-roo -

I have a theory, stated here many times; short version, that when
either Voldemort or Harry die, the other becomes vulnerable. By one 
of
many possible happenstances, Harry dies by some definition, during
that techincal death, Voldemort becomes vulnerable and is defeated by
someone else. After which, Harry is revived from his technical but 
not
true death, and everyone goes to McDonald's to celebrate.

This allows the prophecy to be fulfilled; Harry dies (by some
definition), his death allows Voldemort to live, but that life is a
mortal life which makes him vulnerable. Bada-Bing Bada-Boom; Voldie 
is
killed. ...drop the curtain, turn out the lights, that's a wrap.

My point, once again, is that there is death then again there is
death; the two not necessarily being the same.

There are ways the prophecy can be fulfilled without Harry having to
boldly, coldly, bluntly, and with calculated intent directly kill
Voldemort.


Things I think are very UNlikely to happen-

- The whole series is resolved by some bizarre application of time
travel. Been there, done that. I could see time travel re-appearing 
in
some secondary way, but JKR has played that card, and to use it as 
the
resolution to the whole series would be a monumental cop-out."

Well
 Do you know you could have found a nice solution to THE 
question? 
What if we combine two elements from those we are given in your post?
"Snapely" written on a blackboard, it could give the following 
formula:

Take "time travel re-appearing in some secondary way",
Add "Harry dies by some definition", and some phoenix feathers,
Warm the mixture with a huge Avada Kedavra,
Incorporate a good genealogical twist, playing with a long debated 
confusion between "ancestor" and "descendent",
When it is simmering, sprinkle it with some Ron/Hermione shipping,
Add another genealogical twist connecting the Potters or the Evans 
to the Weasleys,
Shake it well and put it in a seventh book.

It would give : 
 Voldemort couldn't kill Harry the very first time because he was 
protected not only by his mother's sacrifice, but also by his 
ignorance. He didn't know that Avada Kedavra was a lethal curse; he 
didn't even now that Voldemort was there to kill him. Avada Kedavra 
is a curse which power is based on the fear of dying, and it 
rebounded on the shield of Harry's innocence.
Now, let's suppose that Harry happens to become a one year old baby 
again. I can't tell how it's done; there are many possibilities (a 
new visit to the Time Room of the Ministry? A potion like the one 
Snape uses to make Trevor become a tadpole? Harry's connection with 
Fawkes?..). There are also many reasons why it can be done (an 
accident, an attempt to murder Harry, or his own free will
). Be 
that as it may, this is "Harry dying by some definition", for he is 
no longer the same. He doesn't remember anything about the blasted 
prophecy™, about Voldemort, about his friends, about Hogwarts, about 
the Wizarding World. He's only an infant. Voldemort comes, and 
because he's unable to learn from his own experience, he tries to 
curse Harry with an Avada Kedavra. The curse rebounds another time, 
and Voldemort kills himself, because he was definitely too stupid to 
understand that Harry, giving him his blood, had become his 
ancestor, and that if he cancelled his life, he logically cancelled 
his own existence. But Harry survives, and now he is alone, safe and 
free. Hagrid comes and takes him, to deliver him to Ron and Hermione.
Ron and Hermione are now engaged. Ron discovered that he was 
relative with Harry, and he's ready to adopt him. Hermione is very 
glad, because she's now a virtuosic knitter and will make loads of 
baby clothes for Harry. Dobby offers himself as a nanny. Now, Harry 
can start a brand new life, a normal life. They all will be very 
happy. They all go to Macdonald's to celebrate that wonderful 
prospective, and then the terrible thing happens: baby Harry becomes 
addicted to hamburgers


Oh la la 
 I think it's time to stop it, the last paragraph sounds 
like an extract from The Quibbler. But I hope that the beginning is 
not so bad. I think it will make my French Potterfriends laugh; it 
can be useful if, as I suppose, they come to me after reading the 
fifth book, lamenting over the loss of Sirius, and saying: "What if 
Harry dies at the end of the series? How can he manage to survive ?"

Amicalement,

Iris