DAMN, CRAZED TOME Canon: DD/MD, Locked Room & The End

[kneasy]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "boyd_smythe" <boyd.t.smythe at f...> wrote:
> boyd:
> 
> Yesterday I posted the most ridiculously crazy theory in my history, 
> but I think there are kernels of truth in there, so I'm restating it 
> in a more serious way. Note: assumes aspects of MD and inclides 
> new discussions of socks, the Locked Room in the MoM, and an end-game 
> analysis.
> 
> A brief synopsis of DAMN, CRAZED TOME?!?: DD's true goal is far 
> broader than the defeat of LV; he wants nothing less than to try to 
> eliminate magic from the world.
> 
> 
> I posit that behind the locked door in the MoM is not some squishy 
> aspect of Love (yuck), but the Source of Magic itself. Why else would 
> the magic knife have instantly melted? What else would 'Unspeakables' 
> work on that is so top secret? And what is the source of Harry's power 
> against LV?
> 
> Yes, the scar on Harry's forehead is a piece of this Source, or 
> perhaps a direct link to it. Unfortunately, because LV is now linked 
> to it, as well, thanks to the failed AK and Lily's protection, the 
> only way to ultimately destroy LV is to destroy the Source of Magic 
> itself. Perhaps by throwing it into the Veil, perhaps by Harry and his 
> link to the Source stepping through the Veil.
> 
> The important thing is that, in the end, Harry and others will have to 
> decide whether saving the world from LV is worth the end of Magic.
> 
> So, tell me, am I completely nutters here, or is this at least a 
> possibility?
> 


Well, the books are written by an author who doesn't believe in magic,
so the possibility of an end to magic can't be totally discounted.
Tell me - are you suggesting *all* magic, or just the human variety?
(I'm getting  flashbacks to an old Larry Niven book "And the Magic
Goes Away" - finite amount of magic in the world, and it gets used up. 
And if you're nuts, then so am I (heartfelt murmurs of agreement in 
the background) since I listed it as one of the possible plot resolution
devices a couple of times. Never bothered to collect canon evidence to
support the idea, though - just threw it in as an off-the-wall suggestion.

Interesting.
Let's think about wizarding magic for a moment.
In the WW only humans are allowed to have wands, and without wands
human magic is weaker, unfocussed. Wands provide humans with magical
status comparable with other, more naturally magical creatures. But other
magical creatures, if they also had wands, might be even more impressive.
That Law was obviously passed for a reason. Self-protection, probably.
Wizards seem to allocate status among themselves according to magical 
ability (a subject Carolyn has posted a couple of major pieces on). But 
wands, a key factor in demonstrating this power, all contain cores obtained
from non-human magical sources.

So - it can be posited that humans, of and by themselves, are only weakly
magical; they derive most of their magical ability from utilising implements
that already contain magic. Deprive a wizard of his wand  and he's not up 
to much; give him one and he is. GoF - the QWC - a small boy prodding
a slug with his fathers wand. Totally untrained but the magic works. 
Is it the boy - or the wand? 

What would happen if a Muggle got hold of a wand? Yes, we know that
each wizard gets better results from specific wands, but that doesn't
mean no other would work - both Ron and Neville have spent long
periods using some-one else's wands. Hogwarts main function seems
to consist of teaching youngsters how to control a wand, (strange that
no other magical creature needs text-books) and any wand will do at 
a pinch. So would a Muggle get a result too?

Gawd; all sorts of questions re: the fons et origo of wizards start to
surface. Which came first - the wizard or the wand? Neolithic times
- pointing the bone; shamans dressed as beasts - proto-animagi?
Or did it all start in 382 BC?

How this lot fits in with the Locked Room I've no idea - but yes, I'll
go along with the idea that it  might be possible to revert wizards to 
Muggledom. Worth thinking about. Thank you. 
I'll brood on it some more.

Kneasy