Absolute Crazy Thought - Harry Arisen

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 167741

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
 
> Now we need a way to get our hero back into the story.
> Perhaps, Snape and/or Wormtail can supply 'flesh of a
> servant', and the other can provide 'blood of an 
> enemy'. Of course, there are plenty of other candidates
> for either. Lupin could provide 'flesh'; Draco could 
> provide 'blood', and many other combinations.

va32h:

My concern with this theory is that I found Voldemort's resurrection 
potion to be a piece of seriously Dark Magic. Other than the willing 
flesh of the servant, the other ingredients are supposed to be taken 
by force. And I think the idea of having a servant that would 
willingly hack off a body part is supposed to be a negative. 

My understanding of the rules of the Potterverse is that you are not 
supposed to try and defy death - either go on or be a ghost, but 
don't try to come back. That's one of the reasons Voldemort is the 
bad guy - not just for the deeds he does in his quest to thwart 
death, but because thwarting death is itself unnatural. Although now 
that I think of it, where does Dumbledore's work on the Philosopher's 
Stone fit in? Because Dumbledore is supposed to be the good guy, and 
if he helped to create the ultimate means of thwarting death...but 
then Dumbledore also says that eternal life is a terrible idea for 
humans. And he himself did not use the stone, and suggested 
destroying it. Hmmm...have to think about that some more. 

Anyway, I would be reluctant to have Harry in such a position, and 
using such a potion. Even if the end result was the defeat of 
Voldemort, I think the cost to Harry's sould would be too dear.  

Speaking of which - the idea of Harry *having* a horcrux seems at 
odds with the pure, intact soul that Dumbledore keeps telling Harry 
he has. 

I'm not saying it isn't logistically possible, but I am not sure it 
works thematically.

va32h