What is wrong with resurrection?

[Brianna Sautter]

No: HPFGUIDX 145365

I finally decided to jump in the conversation again -
lots of Tarot translation on Harry Potter for seekers,
and I wanted to to talk more broadly. 

I've always maintained JK is in the Inklings genre.
There are many interesting ways to do the rebirth and
resurrection bit, which she's already done. Tolkein
did it in an interesting manner too, and the Gandalf
resurrection to the series to a different level for
me. It's not the "Hero dies" genre that O. Rank
insists on, which is all Greek. Nor is this the Disney
schtick  version of fairytales. It's more true to
life, as there is something that we might call "grace"
or hope in the world.  

I can think of several possible ways she could do
this, without being soap opera-ish or imitating
exactly some other writer.  The possibilities range
from Sirius being an Elijah/Christ figure (never
actually died - extensive legends on this) and helping
Harry, to the "flower"  scent Harry smells in potions
class being related to some sort of reviving agent.  I
actually know an Elijah tale that has a reviving
flower, that restores a dead man to life.  

The possibilities are endless, and JK is so creative.
I don't really understand why anyone would want this
series to end with Harry dying, and every thing black
and depressing.  To me, it would sort of be like the
Passover story ending with waves of water crashing
down on all the escaping Hebrew slave, drowning them
all.  The way that story traditionally ends is
redemptive, yet we also know that it didn't result in
"happily ever after."

So yes, I'm opinionated on this one.  What  makes me
wonder though, is that Harry and V. are alive at the
same time now, so I think we don't have the full
scenario about the prophecy to begin with. 


 Brianna