A theory about Harry (kind of long, sorry!)

[jenny_ravenclaw <meboriqua@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49358

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tyler Hewitt <tahewitt at y...> 
wrote:
 
> What if Harry was concieved specifically to fight
> Voldemort?>

and

> Voldemort was able to manifest in GoF through a spell
> which needed a sacrifice from a willing servant, ashes
> of his father, and blood of his enemy. Coulden't a
> similar spell (a white magic one) have been cast to
> create a being (Harry) that would grow up to defeat
> Voldemort?>

and then
 
>Dumbledore could have been the one who cast the spell, or gathered 
ingredients, or otherwise helped Lily and James `pollinate' their
> special creation.>

Hi, Tyler!  

While the gleam in Dumbledore's eye has been discussed enough that 
many of us tear our hair out every time it comes up, your theory is 
one that I do not remember hearing before.  It is an interesting 
theory, but I can't agree with it for two reasons: one is that I'd 
hate to think that all of the nice things we've heard about James and 
Lily as parents aren't so nice after all; that they decided to have 
Harry not as a child, but almost as an experiment.  That Dumbledore 
might have been involved in such a plan makes it all the more... 
sinister.  

The other reason is that it was Lily's love that protected baby Harry 
from Voldemort to begin with.  How much real love would be there if 
Lily and James had a baby for the sole reason of defeating an evil 
wizard and not because they loved each other and wanted to start a 
family?

Who knows, though?  Maybe James and Lily Potter are not the people we 
thought they were anyway.  JKR has been known to pull the rug out from 
under us before.  I'd be disappointed if she didn't continue to do so 
(I just don't want this theory to be a rug-pulling event).

--jenny from ravenclaw *****************************