Resolving "In Essence Divided" With The Prophecy

[dcgmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 107319

"entropymail" wrote: [major snip, sorry; good stuff that]

> Clearly, Voldemort cannot live as a whole being while Harry 
survives, stubbornly holding onto Voldie's other half.  Harry, as 
well, cannot survive as a whole being as long as half of Voldemort 
takes up half of Harry's mind.  Voldemort must kill Harry in order to 
regain his full spirit.  As for Harry, either Harry or Voldie's 
spirit will ultimately gain control over his mind.  Neither of these 
two competing forces can fully survive while it is at odds with the 
other. <


dcgmck:
At the risk of being reductive or simplistic, your theory puts me in 
mind of the McCoy/Spock quandary in the Star Trek II & III movies.  
Still, I like how it plays.  This understanding works with the train 
of thought that JKR will find a way for Harry to resolve his dilemma 
without stooping to killing, the false dichotomy he was last 
entertaining in the midst of a full-blown attack of puberty.  

Your suggestion also works better for me than the messianic train of 
thought that Harry might die, descend into hell or pass through the 
Veil of Death in order to duel Voldemort, then triumphantly return 
from the dead.  JKR has just spent too many volumes avoiding any 
reference to Christianity, even annually passing through Christmas 
break without any reference to its origins.  The thought that she 
might end up with such a familiar resolution is too implausible to 
entertain.  I can't believe she'd string the world along for six 
volumes, only to end so weakly as to take someone else's ending for 
her own.

That said, the similarities between your (Entropy's) thoughts and the 
Star Trek storyline might be seen that way as well.  No, if you're 
right, she'll find a more creative, or at least different resolution.