Harry's Powers

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 79612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Emily" <pinoypartygal at a...> 
wrote:
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>After 
> much discussing with my older brother (whom I got sucked into the 
> magical world that is Harry Potter) we both came to the consensus 
> that when LV took some of Harry's blood that instead of removing 
> Lily's protection from Harry but in fact, he (LV) now has the 
> protection himself. This would mean that they would not be able to 
> kill each other (despite the prophecies words...which I still 
think 
> are a bit hokey)
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Your theory does introduce a symmetry that I find pleasing.  So, 
just as Voldemort's and Harry's wands are "brothers" and will not 
work properly against each other, maybe Harry and Voldemort are now 
connected in such a way that they *cannot* kill each other?  Then I 
suppose the first one who tried it would end up stripping himself of 
his own powers?  And then *neither* would die at the hand of the 
other, though it would make a satisfying ending to see LV try it.

Ah, but the reason LV did not die the first time was because he had 
gone very far on the road to immortality -- but now he has settled 
for his old body back, except he now supposedly has Lily's 
protection.  Maybe having Lily's protection means that if *Harry* 
tried to kill LV, the attempt would rebound on Harry now, too.  But 
what if LV tried to kill Harry now and managed to avoid the wand 
connection?  Wouldn't an AK still bounce off Harry and hit LV, only 
now LV is merely mortal so that he would only manage to kill 
*himself*?  And Harry would die if he tried to kill LV?  But, if 
that's the case, the prophecy would have to say that "either shall 
die at his own hand..." and you'd think it meant suicide if you 
didn't know better...

Annemehr
cursing the day she read that prophecy...