THEORY: Voldemort's plans for Harry

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 112878

So, it's been discussed -- very convincingly -- that the spell Voldemort
used on baby Harry wasn't an AK, but something else. (See: archives for
evidence of this.) The OP suggested that V meant to absorb Harry's powers
or something. But rewatching CoS, it occurs to me that V is the *last*
heir of Slytherin. The last person in a long, proud, powerful magical
family. 

Considering the purebloodists' emphasis on bloodline and such, wouldn't
one of V's primary goals be to find someone to carry on his bloodline?

So . . . what if V wasn't trying to *take* baby Harry's essence, but
*give* Harry Voldemort's. The spell was extremely powerful, enough to
take out the Potter's house; a spell like what that I'm suggesting is
more extreme magic than anything we've seen, and would surely take a lot
of power and a really badass dark wizard.

Why would he pick Harry? If Harry was destined to kill V, and V is
concerned with continuing his bloodline, then he must fear that Harry
will grow up to kill any of V's heirs (because dark wizards are paranoid
like that). If Harry IS V's heir, then V is hoping that Harry (selfishly,
because that's the only kind of motivation V understands) won't kill
himself for any kind of V-stopping heroics. 

Why did V decide to do it then? Maybe Oct. 31, 1981 wasn't the last day
of the war only because V died. DD himself said that some DE's are as
evil and dangerous as Vold himself; I don't see why the end of their
leader would be the sole reason they were defeated. Maybe V's forces had
been waning, and V could see his days were numbered. He had to act before
someone like Dumbledore incapacitated Vold, leaving Vold vulnerable for
when Harry grew up and killed him.

Question is, is this still V's plan? I'm not sure about this, but I think
it's possible. In terms of literary conventions, I think it's safe to say
that somwhere along the line, Harry will have to choose again between
doing what's good and doing what's easy (ie, going evil; first time he
did this was deciding not to align himself with Draco and Slytherin, a
small, important decision that I see coming up again). We've seen V try
to hurt, incapacitate, and control Harry, so maybe it wasn't only luck
that Harry survived all those confrontations with V. Or maybe V *was*
trying to kill Harry, because Voldemort can "put a stopper in death,"
too; a near-dead Harry can be suspended at the brink of death, and then
"reborn" as V's heir.

So. What do you think?

Aura
who just came up with her first wild plot theory, and is probably about
to find out that not only is she not the first to think of it, but that
it was discussed to death and dismissed 2 years ago. Just can't win... ;)

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