The Second Voldemort War, Stage II

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 91145

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
 In OoP, Dumbledore
> emphasized Harry blocking his own mind over any thought of using 
the
> connection to see into Voldemort's, which seems quite prudent.  I
> admit I can't guess what Dumbledore's ultimate strategy would be
> beyond preventing Harry from being possessed or tricked again, but 
I
> do wonder what the full power of the scar link will turn out to 
be. 
> Perhaps a final melding of Harry's and Voldemort's -- what -- 
psyches,
> with a desperate battle for control foreshadowed by the joined 
wands
> in the GoF graveyard?
> 
> Annemehr
> getting ahead of herself, maybe

Jen: I think it is almost canonical that a melding will happen, with 
some type of internal struggle for control. First we have Tom Riddle 
who, as he is possessing Ginny, is also slowly bleeding the life 
from her. The idea that for one to live the other must die 
foreshadows the Prophecy. Then we have the wand scene like Annemehr 
mentioned--external struggle for control. And now in OOTP, the twin 
snakes who are still "in essence divided" but for how long? Harry is 
gaining in power daily as he learns new information and skills. It 
can't be long before he is able to take the offensive at times. We 
see a bit of this with his visions of being inside the snake seeing 
Mr. Weasley and inside LV when Voldemort is punishing Avery. Harry 
is finding the pain almost unbearable, and LV is finding the pain of 
residing inside Harry too intense. 

Jen, thinking Sirius' idea of a "deadly struggle for (your) soul" 
might be a very satisfactory ending.