[HPforGrownups] Phoenix!Harry; Heirs of Gryffindor

[bloubet at incanmonkey.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49216

Don't mind me -- I'm just free-associating. <grin>

Phoenix: Tremendously loyal, able to carry heavy burdens, healing tears.

Harry: Tremendously loyal, carrying a heavy "burden", eyes like Lily's?

I wonder if Harry is going to prove to have healing powers related to those eyes of his. Or if the world will only be healed when Harry can finally break down and cry...


In reading the old archives (and boy, are there a lot of them <grin>), I came across an idea I haven't seen bandied about here lately. 

Sometime in the past, Trelawney made one good prediction. It's been speculated (and I tend to agree) that the prediction had something to do with Harry, and that the prediction may be what triggered Voldemort to try to kill the Potters.

It also seems a bit confusing that LV killed James and tried to kill Harry, but gave Lily a chance to get away.

What if the prediction involves the heirs of Gryffindor destroying the Slytherin line? If I were Voldemort, I'd want to make sure that anyone of that direct line were dead -- hence, the need to kill James and Harry, but not Lily (making another assumption, of course, that James and Harry are the heirs of Gryffindor). Another possibility is that no one line can gain control of the WW until the other lines are destroyed. We haven't heard anything about Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. If those lines are already gone, LV has a chance to take over if he can just get rid of those pesky Gryffindors...

In my mind, this also argues effectively for trying to keep BOTH James and Harry alive, with the hope that at least one will make it through to fulfill the prophecy. Harry is protected by "ancient magic". It makes sense to me that one way to protect James is to hide him -- and this is why the "Lupin is James" theory is attractive to me.

I also like the theory that Harry was protected by a spell that, in a way, reversed the Avada Kedavra, absorbing some of LV's lifeforce and abilities rather than releasing Harry's lifeforce to LV. This combination of LV (Slytherin) and Harry (Gryffindor), like the combination of mercury and sulphur, has forged Harry into a tool. (Yep, I think I'm advocating Stoned!Harry here, yes?) A tool for what, I'm not sure, but I'd not be surprised if it involved eternal life and/or turning "lead" to "gold" (evil to good?). The only thing that worries me about this is that if Harry is the key to eternal life for LV, the only way to stop LV may be to destroy Harry.

Someone convince me I'm wrong, OK? <grin> (On the other hand, I do think there's something about using Harry's blood in the revivification ritual that has screwed LV 6 ways from Sunday, but I don't know why...)

(By the way, I'm firmly in the camp believing that Lucius dear is keeping the Longbottoms under wraps at St. Mungo's for a reason. And I think Fudge may be in on it. Is that "madwoman in the attic" position still open? <grin>)

bel