Harry's dead (short lifeline)

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 123675


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jaegan <csyep at j...> wrote:
> <snip> 
> 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:
An interesting point.  Still, I think it's more likely that it's 
Voldemort who's dependent on Harry's existence.  Harry *is* alive, 
but LV is the one "surviving" according to the prophecy.  Until the 
connection, whatever it is, is broken, Harry is stuck with an 
uninvited guest in his head.  

I believe that LV isn't really "all there" in a fashion.  I posted a 
theory on this a couple of weeks ago that the jinxed search engine 
won't retrieve for me just now 
(IlovecomputersIlovecomputersIlovecomputers).  

The short form of the theory is that LV is a construct of intellect, 
magical powers, and a physical form, but without a soul.  The AK that 
rebounded stripped his soul out, and it (the soul, not the curse) 
retreated into some magical object.  If that's true, the final quest 
won't be aimed at confronting LV, but rather at retrieving the object 
(Philosopher's Stone, anyone?) and releasing the trapped soul.

Peg

<snip>
> > Peg:
> >
> > 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

Peg:

I suppose so.  Sigh.  She'll string us along until the next-to-last 
chapter.  I'll be happy so long as she does give a plausible 
explanation for the connection, and has an ending that provides 
genuine closure to the tale.

Cheers!

Peg