The "Positively" Final Battle (was: Wording of the Prophecy)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 146422


Tonks wrote:

T> Somehow I think it comes down to the only way to overcome Death (the 
T> Dark Lord) is by Love and the Eternal life that this brings. This 
T> would be as in the Christian concept of Eternal life thru Christ. as 
T> opposed to the false eternal life that Tom Riddle seeks.  I would 
T> bet somehow this is what she will get to in the end, in subliminal 
T> form of course, but how??

Dave:
I like your points and ideas, Tonks, and it seems to harken back to
the idea I had some time ago (forget now if I ever expressed it here),
that the parable that Jo intends to invoke to "leave no doubt that she
is a Christian" is not the crucifixion and resurrection, but
Armageddon, the Final Battle Between Good and Evil, personified, as
you say, in Harry and LV.

I had the idea that the seven books (= seven school years)
will represent the "Seven Years of Tribulation" that
are supposed to precede Christ's Return, and the
final Harry/LV showdown will be the Armageddon Battle that will
herald the End of the (Wizarding?) World As We Know It (And --
as the song says -- I Feel Fine).  Love will then triumph over the
Darkness and Christ's (Harry's??) eternal reign will commence.

(The other, relatively peripheral idea I had is that Harry might
somehow turn into a phoenix, thus getting in the death/resurrection
after all, as well as creating a symbol of the eternal love in Harry
that will then rule forever. But this is more a longshot, I think.)

Anyway, these kind of speculations are interesting -- I do feel Jo
has to find a way to give the series true closure... As well as rescue
herself from the fate of Arthur Conan Doyle and L. Frank Baum --
condemned for life to appease the "insatiable Oliver Twists" with
book after book, _ad infinitum_, about the same damn Universe. :) :)

-- 
Dave