[HPforGrownups] A New Theory

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 82925



Another super interesting theory

An even more appealing clue was exposed by HP Super Sleuth Jane Clare. She
feels that if Harry was a more powerful wizard than Voldemort had realized,
that even as a baby, Harry may have had powers far greater than a normal
wizard. What if Voldemort were wrong, and it was not a rebounded curse?
What if it didn't rebound, but instead originated from Harry? We have been
shown so many times how an emotional wizard child can do some interesting
magic (remember Harry ended up on roofs and trees, and that he didn't need
to worry about picking the lock after blowing up Marge. So, what if Harry
had become extremely emotional during the attack on his family? What would
he have been capable of?

(Eric chimes in:)

This sounds very like the book _Carrie,_ by Stephen King (some of you may
have read or heard of it, or seen the movie).  For those not familiar with
the book, Carrie White, the main character, is telekenetic (she can move
things by ESP) but it doesn't really kick in until her menarche.  However,
even _before_ that, she has had times, when she was under great emotional
stress (usually due to her psychotic mother's abuse) when she's Done Things.
The most spectacular involved a rain of stones from a clear sky that damaged
the Whites' home when Carrie's mother was throwing a gigantic fit about
something Carrie had done, when Carrie was about six or seven.



Here is how HP Super Sleuth Jane Clare describes it:

I am thinking that [Harry's] scar itself may be the first and the biggest
red herring that JKR dragged across our path. She reinforced, and
conditioned us to think it was caused directly by Voldemort, by frequent
flashbacks to that brilliant green light in the Potter's house.

The heart of my theory is that:
7       It was Harry himself who destroyed his family's house, in his
fright and anger...
7       The brilliant green light was issuing from Harry, directed at
Voldemort
7       That it was Harry himself... not his mother's love in his skin
(another, related fish, from Dumbledore no less!), that caused Voldemort
his setback.

This is an interesting idea.  Nobody, after all, really _knows_ what went
down then, except V-mort and Wormtail, who are the only two surviving adult
witnesses.