A new Voldemort/Harry Theory based on a challenge post. on HPFF

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 159246

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>   DA Jones here: 
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>   Good point Ken, yet JKR has Dumbledore admits that when he makes a mistake it is a 
big one. Maybe he has made a huge mistake. He may think Harry has his soul, but Harry 
may only have Tom Riddles's soul. (Which is different then Voldemort's. Riddle's is 
redemable. Voldemorts isn't.    
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>   Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norell is dark? I just finsihed reading it and it didn't seem thjat 
Dark too me. 
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Ken:

The problem with second guessing Rowling is that she lays clues pointing in 
every possible direction. Dumbledore could be wrong about Harry's soul, it 
just isn't how I would bet.

I think there is a very deep darkness that runs through JS&MN. Most of the 
characters suffer quite a bit because of magic. The ending, while it promises
the possibility of a brighter future, does not resolve the conflicts in the book
with certainty. The duo are literally left under a dark cloud.

I am impressed with the Harry has no soul idea. It could take the story in 
a very interesting direction. I give it long odds as being the direction JKR
will take, that's all. The darkness in JS&MN seems to be an inescapable 
part of magic. Unlike the DE crowd the duo do not seek it out, it ensnares
them unawares. One of the themes of the HP books is that we have a
choice in this matter. I'm not sure I see a way to make soulless Harry 
compatible with that.

Ken