What if it's not his powers?

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No: HPFGUIDX 98895

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gregory_lynn" 
<gregory_lynn at y...> wrote:
> I've been reading a bunch of the "will Harry lose his powers" stuff 
> and it's all well and good but it seems to be based on the notion 
> that Harry somehow sacrifices his powers because they are what 
means 
> the most to him.
> 
> I don't get that at all.
> 
> 
> What did Harry see in the Mirror of Erised, himself as the most 
> powerful wizard around?  Nope, a family.  What Harry wants most is 
> the kind of loving family he has never had.  If he has to sacrifice 
> what he wants the most, I think it will be a family.
> 
> And I can see how it happens.
> 
> Harry and Ginny hook up somewhat, <SNIP>
> But at some point Harry has to make a decision that ends up costing 
> Ron's life.  Neither Hermione nor Ginny can really ever forgive 
him, 
> yada yada et cetera and so forth.
> 
> Just a thought.

Mo:

I agree somewhat.  I agree with your point about the Miror of Erised 
and Harry possibly loosing the very thing he desires - a family.

I am not saying that I think Harry is going to loose a family, or the 
chance at having a family, necessarily.  BUT, if it turns out to be 
the case, I don't think it will be a result of him loosing Ron's life 
and not being forgiven by Hermione or Ginny.  I think it will be the 
mear factor that Harry has just seen too much.  In Ootp, HP states 
that he has always been a "marked man."  Marked men don't lead 
normal, happy lives.  Harry wants a normal happy life with a family, 
but due to his remarkable circumstances, it makes it impossible.

Harry's formidable, growing up years have been nothing but abuse and 
trauma with the occasional reasurance from a friend (which he never 
had until he was 11)  Think about a person in the human world.  If 
they had endured even half as much as Harry, they would have to be in 
severe therapy.  Harry is "scarred" in much more than one way.  He is 
scarred with the events of his life.  I think it will be impossible 
for him to have or seek out a normal relationship and health family 
even if LV is destroyed and gone for good.

~Mo