The Scar

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 160222

--- "Jim Ferer" <jferer at ...> wrote:
>
> Jim Ferer (me): 
> I've always had in mind a much harder  sacrifice than 
> mere physical life; Harry would make that without 
> hesitation. I once thought that Harry would have to 
> give up his ability to do magic ...
> 
> Doug:  
> "That said, and it has been a suspicion all along too,
> what would Muggle!Harry's consequent choice be? ...
> 
> Either way he is 'dead' to us."

> Jim:
> 
> It may be more poignant for Harry to have to live in 
> the Muggle world, but there is a good chance that he,
> like Squibs, could live in the magical world and be 
> surrounded at last by love not for the skills he no 
> longer has but for himself. Having love with Ginny, if 
> she survives, and all the people he's grown close to 
> will be his reward. 
> 
> Or he may, like Frodo, have to lose what he saved for 
> others.
> 
> Harry just dying seems anti-climactic.
> 
> Jim Ferer
>


bboyminn:

Keep in mind that Muggle/Magic marriages are common. 
Seamus's parents are a mixed marriage. Tonk's parents 
are a mixed marriage. I think the magic and the muggle
world can be blended much easier than people are making
it out. 

If Harry loses his powers, there is no reason why he
has to abandon the magic world completely. He can
certainly still marry Ginny, he can certainly still be
a part of the Weasely family, he can still certaily
raise a magical family of his own. He can certainly still
go to Diagon Alley and hang out with the people he knows.
He can still certainly ride at the head of the parade 
every "Harry Potter Day'. So, he is not cut off from the
magic world at all. He is not forced to abandon that life
and live as a mere muggle.

Most certainly, it would be painful for Harry to have 
once had magic, and now have lost that power, but none
the less, muggle and magic people do marry and seem to
integrate their lives nicely. 


For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn