Stopper in Death? (Was Re: Teenage Harry goes back in time to Godric's Hollow)

[antoshachekhonte]

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> Someone asked:
> 
> >But I have one thought. When I read SS's claim that he could 'put a stopper 
> >on death,' I
> >interpreted it not as a claim that he could stop someone from dying, but 
> >that he could put
> >Death itself in a bottle--that is to say, he could brew the potion-making 
> >equivalent of the
> >AK curse, the ultimate poison. Did anyone else read it this way?
> 
> Yes, that's what I thought from the beginning, and I suspect that such a 
> poison -- or, equally likely, a poison that can counterfeit death -- will 
> show up some time during these adventures.  Remember the trouble such a 
> poison caused in *Romeo and Juliet?*
> 
> 
> Janet Anderson

Antosha:

Janet, I was the one who made the observation. Your take on it is very interesting--since it 
would offer ways through and around several of the 'prophecies' that have attached 
themselves to Harry.

Though I have always loved Romeo and Juliet (I've been in it twice), I have to admit, I 
always hate the ending. Couldn't he just wait a MINUTE..... I'm hoping JKR doesn't take us 
down the Ironic Tragedy path, 'cause I'll be really upset if she does.

Antosha, who isn't counting on a happy ending, but hopes for one anyway.