In the beginning

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No: HPFGUIDX 91987

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
wrote:
> Okay, Max & Sue.  Can you go a little further with this theory?  Can
> you explain how you see the conclusion?  This almost seems to
> necessitate Harry's death in the end, does it not?  
> 

I'm not Max or Sue and I won't speak for them but since I kicked this 
thread onto the site I've been reading the posts with great interest and
I'll give you my thoughts, for what they're worth.

We don't really know what happened at GH but confusinglyso, myself
and a few others suspect that Voldy attempted a take-over of Harry
not a straight-forward murder. Not a plethora of evidence, just bits
and pieces that *could* fit together in  the desired fashion. (Since I
first posted on this I've had an email from Lyn J. Mangiameli in which
she highlights Lily's words at that fateful encounter:- 
"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me  instead-"
The "take me" is a fascinating phrase in this context. I doubt she was
ripping the buttons off her blouse at the time so it's reasonable to
assume that 'take' is to mean carry away, remove or extract.)

But it didn't happen. Harry had protection. Voldy disintegrated and
Harry ends up with a scar and some Slytherin attributes. Well, quite
a lot of Slytherin attributes actually; more than enough for the Sorting
Hat to classify him as Slytherin House material. Depending on the
inclination of the poster these attributes derive from Tom Riddle or
Salazar Slytherin himself. Personally I think they come from SS via
Tom -  second hand so to speak. Sally speaks Parcelmouth but I can't
remember canon mentioning that Tom could *before* he entered the
Chamber. It all depends how he got into the Chamber in the first place.
SS didn't engrave snakes on taps, that's for sure.

Why did Voldy try this ploy? Was it the Prophecy or was the body he
inhabited and had changed so much over the years finally wearing out?
'Near' immortality is not quite the finished article after all.

The degree of penetration Voldy makes into Harry's mind during his
attempted consciousness slurp is open to question and it is the depth
of this invasion that could determine what the denoument might be.
If it was shallow then Harry has picked up a few nasty habits that are
not terminal, could in fact be useful in certain circumstances and Harry
remains Harry.

If it was deeper then Harry has problems. Big problems. Massive problems.
It's unlikely that Sally has taken root in his mind - this is what the
protection probably warded against. But the more passive part of the
Voldy construct - Tom - is another matter.

Why doesn't DD want or try to kill Voldy? What if Harry and SS are linked 
together by a shared or fragmented Tom? What would happen if one were
killed? Would the other be affected? This could be the rationale behind the
"..in essence divided.." observation. Harry is part Tom and DD  needs to
separate the two. If they had melded it would be impossible, but he doesn't
think they have. (Whisper it if you dare - Harry might be Tom - totally.
Lily might have protected his body but not his mind. Not likely but a
fascinating possibility.)

It's possible that if Harry or Voldy died then that part of Tom that the
deceased had would rejoin the other part. If so, killing Voldy wouldn't
help Harry one bit; he'd end up a split personality sharing his mind with 
Tom. DD needs to do some subtle brain surgery. It could all get very 
interesting indeed. Then again, it might not be the worst case scenario.
It could be the superficial intrusion is what happened, in which case
we're back to the old question of how to stuff Voldy.

Me? You know me - go for the darkest option. 
It might not be right but it's great fun thinking about it.

Kneasy