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

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 86746

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iris_ft" <iris_ft at y...> wrote:
> 
> "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. ...edited...
> 

bboy_mn:
I think we all have a very high emotional investment in Harry Potter.
I think it is safe to say that 'paper' boy or not, we love him deeply,
and that his presents has enriched out lives. I have predicted several
times in the past, that if Harry dies in the end, there will be a
worldwide out pouring of grief the likes of which the world has never
seen. Grief that exceed that of the death of beloved king and
president (and beloved princesses).

I truly can see the world crippled by Harry's death; schools closed,
industry and commerce gind to a halt, mass grief torn depression, etc....


> Iris continues:
>
> 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. ... Avada Kedavra 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?) ... Voldemort ... tries 
> to curse Harry with an Avada Kedavra. The curse rebounds another 
> time, and Voldemort kills himself, because he (fails) 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 ... deliver ... to Ron and Hermione. 
> ... 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 ...
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Amicalement,
> 
> Iris

bboy_mn:

Well, we don't forgive many 'crank' theories, but we've never met a
'cranky' theory we didn't like. ;)

I think your idea, overal, is a little to far fetched, but is does
have to elements that I like.

First, in your case, Harry magically reduced to a baby. Given the
grief and misery in Harry's life, grief and misery that, in my
opinion, have only just begun; I like the idea of Harry having a
chance to start over and grow up in a loving supportive happy
trouble-free world. That would be nice. 

I also like the idea that sharing Harry's blood will give Voldemort a
vulnerability that he has not foreseen. The original failed AK curse,
implanted a bit of Voldemort in Harry. Now Harry, through Voldemort's
own actions, has implanted a bit of himself in Voldemort. 

This blood vulnerability has been speculated before, but I don't think
it has ever been presented in quite the way you did it. I have no
doubt that this 'common' blood will be a key factor in the final
resolution to the story. Of course, to predict the exact circumstances
is next to impossible, but even given that, the general concept that a
new modern day AK curse by Voldemort against Harry, could actually
kill Voldemort once and for all, because in killing Harry, he is
killing a bit of himself; well, that does have some appeal.

Pleasure talking to you.

bboy_mn