Astronomy and Prophecy (some FF)

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 81678

>From Gorda:

> Marie's suggestion that Harry's mercy will vanquish LV is brilliant. But in order
> to do it, Harry would have to *know* that it would vanquish him, otherwise
> he'd be handing LV the WW in a silver platter. Quite a little cunundrum.
>
> Of course, how JKR is going to bring Harry out of the whole ordeal without
> some blood in his hands (which IMHO is the only way to bring Harry out,
> otherwise the point of the story --about the power of love-- would be lost) is
> the crux of the question, isn't it?

And now, to quote myself here:

>Now, assuming that astrology plays as much of a role in things as this group
>feels it does, then Harry (ultimately) CANNOT kill LV, only change him.
>
>The prophecy states that the Dark Lord must die... It doesn't say that Tom
>Riddle must be slain, or even LV himself... The Dark Lord is an ASPECT of
>who LV is.
>
>It might be possible for Harry to "kill" the Dark Lord by making him cease
>to exist... doing this not through destroying LV's body, mind, or spirit,
>but by "redeeming" him and teaching him those things... somehow... that LV
>does not understand:  Love, Compassion, Empathy, and the ability to look
>beyond your own desires to the greater good.
>
>In essence, he "kills" the Dark Lord, but not Tom Riddle.
>

Modifying the end of my theory... the Dark Lord simply ceases to exist and
die on his own if Harry manages to make Tom Riddle understand, and possibly
even feel, love.


I woke up this morning with an insight that takes this a step further and
supports this theory even more:

In GoF, AD has a look of triumph in his eye and said that one hurdle was
overcome.

What if he's figured out the same conclusion I have, and realized that LV
gaining the source of Harry's protection will actually be a key to the Dark
Lord's downfall?  The protection is based on the love of his mother... a
love which infuses every cell of Harry's being.  Harry's blood is now part
of LV's body... as is the protection.  You can't have the protection without
having its source.  Therefore, the love Harry's mother felt for him now also
courses through LV...

Even though he doesn't realize it, and the essence of that love is not
"unlocked" yet, it still lies dormant in his system.

I think that something Harry does in their final confrontation will "unlock"
that dormant love that lies in LV's body, and it will purge Tom Riddle of
the evil and hatred within himself that forms the Dark Lord.

I also think that if Harry shows mercy to LV, and that's the turning point,
it will have to be despite himself.  If he KNOWS that it will defeat LV,
then he's not doing it out of true mercy or love, he's doing it in an effort
to destroy a foe... which (ultimately) is not mercy.  On the other hand,
doing it DESPITE everyone's advice to the contrary, doing it because his
heart tells him he MUST... now that's love and mercy.  It's also what's most
likely to make LV feel that remorse and guilt that will aid in purging the
Dark Lord.

I can see it now... The final conflict has passed... Tom Riddle is still
alive... both are weakened and lying near the Black Veil after another fight
in the Dept of Mysteries.

(Please note that the scene below is NOT cannon, does not exist, and was
written by myself to solely illustrate the point I'm making...)

*****

Tom raised his head wearily, meeting Harry's gaze.  "W... Why did you save
me?  You could have let me fall through the veil and be rid of me
forever..."

"Because..." Harry said, wiping a trickle of blood from his forehead, "I
couldn't.  I knew Tom Riddle was in there somewhere... before you became
him... you had to be..."

A bewildered look crossed Tom's face as he thought for a moment.  "But, if
you had been wrong, you would have died yourself."

"It was a chance I knew I had to take."  Harry shrugged, grimacing slightly
at the flash of pain that shot through his bruised shoulder.  "I could see
it in your eyes.. somehow... when you tried to kill me earlier.  Like
something in you was fighting against it..."


A rustle of robes sounded from above, accompanied by the sound of footsteps
coming down the auditorium stairs.

"You are quite right, Harry."  Dumbledore said, looking at the both of them.
"The boy Tom was when he was sent to the orphanage, the one who still knew a
mother's love, was still buried deep in Lord Voldemort.  It was your blood,
the blood that contained a mother's love, that made the difference.  That
boy was able to feel a mother's love again, and that began to wake him up
and make him aware of what Voldemort was doing... and that it was wrong."


*****


(*yeesh*  If JKR ever reads that, and I'm right.. I think I'll be getting
one HECK of an angry letter... *laugh*)

Comments?

Iggy McSnurd
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