To the Extreme - Making it Work

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 164917

---  "Ken Hutchinson" <klhutch at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Magpie" <belviso@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Magpie:
> > I've got to go with va32h on this one. However 
> > helpful this sort of thing is ..., what she's 
> > describing ... is that people start with a fantasic
> > premise and then make canon fit it, explaining 
> > things away or re-interpreting stuff in a way 
> > that's ... is barely meaningful even  in this 
> > context. ...
> > 
> 
> Ken:
> 
> But that is not how it works and to condemn a 
> technique because it has occasionally, or frequently,
> been misused is wrong. It is perfectly fine to start 
> with a fantastic premise and work backwards. When you
> get to the point where you realize that Merope and 
> Lily were not alive at the same time you give up or 
> try to patch up the theory. ...edited...


bboyminn:

Indeed at some point we all have to accept that our
favorite theories are simply wrong. For example, I
was absolutely convinced that HBP would be a fight
between Draco and Harry over the Black Estate. However,
we don't give them up without a serious effort to make 
then work.

Yes, the original theory that started this thread was
hopelessly flawed. But there exists an old theory 
that is still valid, that could make the original
theory work. Though the 'power' could not be 
consciously willed.

This theory arose out of our discussions of how magical
genetics works. How is magical power transferred from
one generation to another, and how is it that Muggle-
borns can spring up out of nowhere. This particular
theory says that there is a finite amount of magical
essense in the world, and it is passed on in a manner
similar to reincarnation. 

When a wizard grandfather dies, his magical essense
lingers searching for a new heir to carry this essense 
on in new generations. But what if there is no new
generation as in Sirius's case. Or what if there is
an excess of magical essense yearning to be realized,
searching for someone to give it life again.

Normally magical essense, or call if magical spirit if
you perfer, seeks out members of the wizarding world;
the sons and daughters of witches and wizards. But,
as I said, if there are few wizards being born and
there is an excess of magical spirit yearning to 
be reborn, then the magical spririt seeks out
simpatico, seeks out a kindred spirit amoung the
muggle borns. They giving birth to a new magical 
line that is capable of using up the available magical
essense.

When a Squib is born to magical parents, it simply 
means that the finite supply of magical essense has
been exhausted. Magical children are being born but
there is no magical essense to imbue them with 
magial abilities. 

So, to make the original theory work, perhaps the
essense of Merope's magical spirit was wandering
looking for a kindred spirit, or perhaps that
essense was looking for redemption, a chance to undo
the misery her family caused and the misery she felt.
So, Merope magical spirit was reincarnated in Lily 
having found in her the essense that Merope felt 
would redeem her magically and spiritually.

So, unlikely as it is, here is a way for Merope's
magic to have been transferred to Lily. It is a
long stretch, filled with speculation, but there is
really nothing so far that allows us to flat out
say it is wrong. 

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn