[HPforGrownups] :OOP SPOLIERS : After book 7

[Kiera Wooley]

No: HPFGUIDX 64842

> without killing them, etc.  Second is the prophesy itself - neither
> can live while either exists - which has some interesting nuances to
> me.  My first impression is that while either one of them exists,
> neither of them can live -- therefore both musst die.  I don't know if
> this makes sense to me yet, but Harry's and Voldemort's connection is
> very strong.

*delurking*

I don't know.. I took this in a more philosophical sense rather than a 
literal one. For instance:

1) Voldemort can't grow to full power or continue his world domination 
plan while Harry Potter is alive.. So even now that he has assumed a 
new, corporeal form, he will continue to be consumed by the Harry Potter 
question, and unable to continue on his path of mayhem until Harry's 
been put down.

2) Like Voldemort, Harry cannot be anything other than a foil until 
Voldemort has been vanquished. It is only then that he would be free to 
be himself, rather than a consequence of the Dark Lord. So far, his 
entire existence has been defined by Voldemort.. his scar, his life with 
the Dursley's, his fame, his yearly Voldemort face-down, the loss of his 
family and godfather.. Who is Harry Potter without Voldemort? Can one be 
truly alive if one's entire existence is a reaction to the existence of 
another person?

Just my two knuts. =)

Kiera