"other ways of destroying a man . . ." / The Gleam

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 126097


antosha wrote:
> As for that triumphant gleam.... :shudders: That topic has been 
discussed at great length here in the year or so that I've been 
around, but I have to say that no one has ever 
> proposed a good, canonical explanation. It's clear that DD knows--
or thinks he knows-- something that Harry (and therefore the reader) 
don't. Deep thinkers have spun theories about there having been some 
sort of human remnant of Tom Riddle himself (placed in Harry when 
LV's Death Curse failed all those years ago) having been put back 
into the soulless LV. Others have theorized that DD is really a 
demonic, evil puppetmaster, plotting EVERYONE's demise, and this is 
the final link in the chain. (Not my favorite theory.) Others 
> recently have theorized some sort of kinship between LV and Harry 
through their muggle sides--so that by taking in Evans blood, LV 
renders himself vulnerable again. There are many more... (And I 
apologize for mangling the theories above--they're infinitely more 
> intriguing than I've managed to make them sound.)
> 
> Alas, I don't think we're going to know much more about that gleam 
until July 16....


How about simply (and, alas, boringly) that: 
Harry is protected when he is where his mother's blood dwells. 
Harry, Petunia and Dudley are the only living people who share this 
blood.  
Oh, but now Voldy does too... 
Where's he dwelling these days? 
If Harry ever ends up at DE HQ, he may be protected from harm there 
too. 

It would really irritate Voldy, wouldn't it? Actually it would 
really irritate me, too; another Deus ex machina saving our hero in 
his darkest hour. But I can't think of anything else.

Dungrollin