Triple binding between Harry and Voldemort?

Jen Reese stevejjen at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 15 04:34:32 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 144770

> bboyminn:
> While this <snipped quote> primarily refers to the use of Harry's 
> blood, it still points to the fact or apparent belief that there
> is a flaw in the potion. I believe there is more than one flaw in
> it, and the other flaw would be Wormtail who was coerced into
> give /tainted/ flesh.

Jen: Steve, have you mentioned this before and I missed it? This is 
really smart. Ch3ed brought up the idea the potion produced a less-
than-human body in #142534 but it didn't occur to me Dumbledore's 
gleam might be related to flaws other than Harry's blood. 

Then there's the mystery of the fetal body. JKR said this in the 
TLC/MN interview: "The one that I wondered whether I was going
to be able to get past the editors was the physical condition of
Voldemort before he went into the cauldron, do you remember? He was
kind of fetal. I felt an almost visceral distaste for what I had
conjured up, but there's a reason it was in there and you will see
that."

I've tried to crack that one with no luck. Maybe the fetal body 
wasn't as important as the use of unicorn blood to form 
Voldemort's 'rudimentary' body. Seems like using unicorn blood prior 
to the re-birthing would mean he's cursed before the process starts. 

Jen








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