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Izaskun wrote:
> Better still, why don't they LV kill Harry???? It would be the perfect way to get rid of LV himself. He kills his father when he's a toddler, he never gets to be born, he simple vanishes. No more LV.
Lissa replied:
If, however, I misunderstood you--sorry, if I did--and you're actually
wondering why Dumbledore or someone else who knows the truth doesn't
simply kill Harry before he can have kids, well, I can't answer that.
It's one of those impossible ethical dilemmas. I can't personally see
Dumbledore making that kind of brutal choice, but I do agree some would
do it.
Me (Izaskun replies back);
I was talking about Dumbledore, just kidding because I know DD would never let LV kill Harry, no matter what.
Izaskun wrote:
> This theory is, with all due respect, not only unlikely but also a sort of crossover between Terminator and Star Wars, instead of "Luke, I'm your father" it would be "Harry I'm your son, I've come from the future to kill you. Was your mother's name Sarah?"
Lissa replied:
Oh, Izaskun, I so agree with you! (laughs and nods) This plot theory
is terribly reminiscent of the big twist in Star Wars. (I hadn't though
of Terminator, but you're right there as well.) This is actually my own
biggest argument against my little hypothesis. With the memory of
Vader's surprise-papa announcement to Luke so fresh in our cultural
memory, how could JKR choose a similar plot twist?
Well, I've rationalized it like this: there are a finite number of
possible plots in the world of literature. There's not a story outline
in existence that you couldn't say was derived from a prior work in some
fashion. It's expected that authors will take inspiration from other
artists' works and add their own fresh spin to those ideas.
Me (Izaskun again):
yeah, well, as writer myself, I agree with you of course, we take inspiration from others, and sometimes we don't even realise, that's true. But again, I think this would too twisted, If you know what I mean. Of course there are many things about the whole Harry Potter / LV story that we don't know and JK has surprised us before and will continue doing so, but still...
I think is something simpler than that. I think it has to do with fate, with the greek version of fate and how trying to change it will only throw you in its path. LV tried to kill the Potters because of a prediction about his downfall by one of them. He killed James, but couldn't kill Harry. By trying to kill Harry he transfered to him some of his powers, making him an incredibly powerful wizard, and he himself loosing all his strength and therefore writing the first pages of his own death. That's what I think. But of course this is only my opinion, I may be wrong. I just like the simplicity of it, and how you can make up a whole world and story/legend out of such a simple beginning.
Lissa also said:
But I may be entirely insane. :)
Me (Izaskun)
:) Well, you know, we're all a little insane here, otherwise life would be too boring. And you should hear some of my theories about Harry Potter... Too wild to be written here. LOL
CHeers, Izaskun
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