The Boy that Lived: Final fate

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 72022

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> <<< "annemehr"...I just don't see either the plot reason or the 
> thematic point of him losing magic entirely.  Perhaps it wouldn't 
be 
> worse than death, but it would make him miserable. Any "Harry 
loses 
> his powers" theorists care to explain?>>>
> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says:
> 
> Traumatic as it will be for all of us in this reality, I think 
Harry 
> will die. But as the last fairy at Sleeping Beauty's christening 
> said, maybe we can work something out here: he doesn't physically 
> die, but his magic does. And why would it make him miserable? 

Annemehr again:
*What* is Harry going to do in the Muggle world without his powers?  
Flip hamburgers?  He hasn't even been to a Muggle school since he 
was 10 years old.  Nor can I see him taking Filch's old job.  And I 
still don't see why his magic should die;  it's a part of who he 
is.  Losing his magic would just seem as arbitrary as, say, losing 
his power of speech.

Now, if *Voldemort's* abilities should die from Harry (e.g., no more 
parseltongue), that would make sense.  Then Harry would be left the 
wizard he was born to be (apart from any permanent injuries 
sustained in battle).

By the way, it's funny how we on the list are taking this prophecy.  
A suprising few of us seem to be thinking that either Voldemort or 
Harry will be killed and the other live.  There seem to be many more 
of us who are sure we cannot take it at its face value: either Harry 
will defeat Voldemort without killing him himself, or Harry's death 
will result in Voldemort's destruction, or Harry will die and 
someone else (read Neville) will finish Voldemort off.  Naturally, 
hardly any of us think Voldemort's going to survive!

Annemehr
wondering why are we up so late?