[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's dead (short lifeline)

[jaegan]

No: HPFGUIDX 123642



On Tuesday, Feb 1, 2005, at 10:35 US/Eastern, Peggy wrote:

> Peg:
>
> I think the idea is imaginative, but I can't quite agree with all of
> it.  I do agree most emphatically that Harry and LV are caught up in
> each other's fates, but JKR (who's very good at ambiguity) wouldn't
> have referred to Harry as "The Boy Who Lived" unless she really meant
> it.

Russ:
Definitely and interesting premise.  Of course, as the original poster 
said, that phrase could be subtle misdirection on JKR's part.  However 
see below for my interpretation, where the phrase is true, but not the 
whole story.

> Peg again:
>
> I'll admit that the actual connection between Harry and LV is
> unclear, and the nature of the connection is "yet to be revealed." 
> Still, I don't think DD, faulty human that he has turned out to be,
> would have missed the fact that the baby Hagrid retrieved wasn't
> alive anymore.

Russ:
Hehe.  True enough, but I think what the original poster was suggesting 
was not that Harry actually _is_ dead, but rather that he should be, 
and is only being kept alive due to his connection to Voldemort.  No 
way to know at this point, I think, but certainly seems plausible.

> Peg again:
>
> I'm hoping that we'll get a better idea of the nature of the
> connection in the next book. 
<snip>

Russ:
I hope so as well, but have a sinking feeling JKR intends to draw this 
out to the end of book 7.

-Russ