Harry losing his powers (was: Your greatest fear . . .)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 121153


In 121148, Alla said:

> But, as I said in the prior post I dread Harry's loosing his magic
> and being separated from his loved ones even worse. :(

vmonte also said:
> 2. Harry losing his powers would not be good.


SSSusan:
Now, at the risk of showing what really awful fanfic I would 
be "capable" of producing, I will argue [not for the first time 
here] that I don't think this would necessarily have to be so 
totally awful for *Harry* to lose his powers.

Here goes.

Harry, valiantly choosing to sacrifice his own life in order to kill 
Voldy (somehow!?!) at the end, steps into a Voldycurse of some sort 
and miraculously finds that -- by his very willingness to sacrifice 
himself out of love for those others who've been fighting along with 
him & supporting him all these years (DD, Hagrid, Hermione, Ron, 
Lupin, deadSirius, Neville, the Weasleys) -- he has managed both to 
live and to reduce Voldy to dust.  [Yay!]
 
He has also managed to remove all magical ability from himself in 
the process.  [Boo!]  At first he's horrified, depressed, thinks 
he'll have to leave the WW.  But then he sees the *benefit* of it -- 
yes, the benefit! -- that no longer, ever, will the WW turn to HIM, 
expect HIM, to be their savior, because clearly, without magical 
power, he couldn't possibly do anything to save them.
 
But the WW *will* still love him, appreciate what he did, what he 
sacrificed for them.  So he'll still have their respect and 
admiration.  AND he'll choose to stay in the WW -- with Ginny, of 
course <g>.  There will be things he can't do, like fly :-( but 
he'll have his Weasleys & Hermy & Ginny to do the routine magic for 
him, so he'll still be included in the life and the world.

Well.  It could work for me anyway. :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan