King Harry? (was:Re: FAQ Poll Answer - Royal Word Choices (long)

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>>Stefanie:
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If Neville was nearly King, than that actually *makes* Harry KING. Of 
what? Why use this bizarre phrase? One can infer that this kingship 
is directly related to the being marked as equal by Voldemort -- but 
king? King has some distinctly positive connotations, while I would 
venture to say that Harry is hardly the king of anything, even 
metaphorically.<
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Betsy:
You raise some interesting ideas, Stefanie.  (Or to quote my all time 
favorite pickup line, "Girl, you make me think!) How could Harry be 
considered a king?   I believe that in ancient times, the king was 
responsible for the health of the land.  When the land was sick it 
was the king's responsiblity to bring healing. (I think the Greek 
play about Oedipus explores this idea a little bit, as do the stories 
of King Arthur, not to mention Tolkien's Ring series.)  I believe 
there was also an idea that the shedding of the king's blood would 
cleanse the land.

So maybe Harry has been selected (or anointed) to rid the WW of the 
great evil that sickens the land.  Voldemort pretty obviously fits 
the profile.  But if Harry *is* playing the role of King, is there 
more sickness for him to heal than just one megalomaniac with a snake 
fetish and a life-wish?  We've certainly seen signs of a deeper 
disease in the WW.  The corruption at the MoM, the rampant prejudice 
through-out the WW, even the long-standing enmity between Gryffindor 
and Slytherine....  Something's rotten here, and it ain't Hagrid's 
compost pile.

So is Harry being set up to not only cure the WW of what ails it, but 
to actually cleanse it?  A point of interest is Harry's friends: a 
house-elf, a half-breed, a Centaur (as much as they befriend 
anybody), a were-wolf, a muggle-born witch, a pure-blood wizard, 
possibly a giant.  It may mean nothing, but Harry could be getting 
set up to bring the WW into a unity it hasn't known in centuries 
(that much used span of time), or maybe ever.  Something to think 
about anyway.

Betsy, who would like to point out that this message got eaten by 
Yahoo!mort.  Twice.