Harrycrux and possession

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 142509

KJ writes:
    There have been some truly awe-inspiring posts on the possession and 
horcrux theories of late but they seem to revolve around the theme of 
Harry's survival. I would like to add some thoughts to this scenario.

1.  Harry is already famous merely for surviving Voldemort's curse. This 
fame is already causing him problems, interfering in his living a normal 
life, and changing the perceptions, of people who don't know him, about 
what kind of person he is. JKR has made it plain that he hates it. What 
would happen to his life if he became "the boy who vanquished Voldemort 
forever"? It doesn't appear to me to be the kind of life he would want 
to lead.

2.  Harry has had everyone he cares about taken away from him except 
Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. If he had a choice between walking into the 
arch of the Veil, taking Voldemort with him, and being greeted by his 
parents, Sirius, Dumbledore, and perhaps Ginny (if this plays out), or 
living the kind of life he would be faced with as a survivor, which do 
you think he would choose? I think that this would be a very interesting 
concept in the final book, if Voldemort was greeted by all of the people 
he had murdered and tortured, while Harry was greeted by those who loved 
him. It would be Voldemort's greatest fear and Harry's greatest desire.

3.   The concept of the possession makes a great deal of sense, as does 
the possibility of the final conflict in the MoM.  He would be dragging 
Voldemort into the waiting arms of his parents, Sirius, and Dumbledore, 
at the very least. It would almost be a reflection of what Harry saw in 
the mirror of Erised, which would make the books almost come full circle.

4.   It might also show the way for Snape's redemption, as I believe he 
will be at the final conflict. It may be his killing blow to Voldemort, 
which would save Harry from having to cast the curse. This would allow 
Harry to walk into the Veil with a complete pure soul. As his body fell, 
Voldemort's remaining soul piece would be drawn to Harry, as the final 
horcrux, and dragged with him beyond the veil. An actual possession may 
not even be required under these circumstances, just a grim 
determination to finish the job.

5.   Harry is more than single-minded enough to pull this off. It does 
not require his knowledge of being an accidental horcrux until the final 
seconds. Harry has consistently thought fast enough on his feet to 
figure out what is going on in time to take the action he deems 
necessary. This would also fit with Harry's own sacrificial nature, and 
repeat the sacrifice made by his mother. It also would not require 
special skills, training, or knowledge, that he does not appear to have.

6.   As I have long suspected that Snape will also be killed in his 
redemption, I believe that it will be at the instant of Voldemort's true 
death. I believe that the mark may cause the death, similar to the 
burning up of Dumbledore's hand, of all of the DEs at the death of 
Voldemort. This would be the only way that anyone in the WW could 
possibly be convinced that Voldemort was truly dead this time. I think 
Snape knows or suspects that this will happen, and that part of his 
redemption for many things will be in the giving up of his life for the 
completion of DD's plan. It would be of interest to me to see if Snape 
would be welcomed, in the same way as Harry, beyond the Veil by those 
waiting for him.

7.   I tend to think that Ron and Hermione will survive as there needs 
to be some continuity shown between the world of Harry Potter as it was 
and the new safe world that his sacrifice has brought. There has to be 
some hope and resolution at the end.

KJ