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jenny_wildcat20 days until Deathly Hallows!! *does happy, anticipatory DH dance*
As promised, here's my (rather lengthy) Deathly Hallows theory in its entirety. I'm actually quite pleased with it:
In other news, I think my mom's a little depressed. Not seriously-bad depressed, more like just down in the dumps. A million wedding announcements proclaiming the nuptial of the children of a number of old college roommates will do that to a person. I guess she feels bad because she doesn't think that my sister and I have social lives and we're going to be ornery old spinsters and snipe at all the neighborhood kids who are unfortunate enough to hit their baseballs in our front yards. Plus, all these people we both went to high school and were friends with are getting married, so I think it makes her feel like we're both just being single for the sake of being different or some stupid Quibbler-like headline (we'll only find the Mystic Kettle of Nackledirk if we're happily unattached or whatever).
Plus, all these blessed events have been set for this weekend which brings me to another rant: how creative do you have to be to set your wedding date as 07-07-07? Is there some mystical-yet-fortuitous property that comes from getting hitched on triple digits? Never mind that everyone and their Great-Auntie Ethel's pet lobster will set the same date, thus having to make everyone you invited pick and choose - though they could pick and choose to stay home. If you want to be really daring, set it for next Friday the 13th. That'll give you something to tell your kids about.
Like this girl I work with: she got married last June 6 on 06-06-06... not because she and her husband wanted to honor Satan in their ceremony, but because she really likes even numbers and getting married on 06-05-06 or 06-07-06 would have been unacceptable (in her own words: "I'm OCD like that."). Anyway, I just think it's funny that people have this fixation with numbers. Yeah, it's kinda neat that this Saturday is 07-07-07, but it doesn't mean much for your future if something big happens on that day.
I may be weird, but I'm not that weird (and I'm hot because the beginning of July always marks the advent of the triple-digit temperatures and I never un-melt until September. Blah...I hate summer weather).
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
As promised, here's my (rather lengthy) Deathly Hallows theory in its entirety. I'm actually quite pleased with it:
Since a Horcrux is created by committing murder, splitting your soul and putting that piece of soul in a relic of some sort, the opposite could be sacrificing yourself to save someone and putting your whole soul in a relic and as long as you keep this relic (called a Hallow for this theory) with you, you don't die. I think that thing that Harry has around his neck on the US DH cover is Harry's Hallow and that he has sacrificed himself for someone prior to the meeting with Voldemort (could be Ginny, Ron, Hermione or someone else in the battle between Voldemort and the Death Eaters). However, he somehow has managed to put his whole soul inside this relic before he died (so he doesn't die) and this relic is going to help him defeat Voldy.I also think that the place that Harry and LV are on the US cover is the Love Room, where there is a Love Veil - comparable to the Sirius Veil - that allows you to see the people that love you who have passed on. Those shadows on the cover are the people that love Harry who have died (so, in a sense, we would go behind a veil and we will see James and Lily as well as Sirius again). I thought of this because it would bring what Harry saw in the Mirror of Erised in the first book full circle. The fact that the curtains on the side of the US cover are red (as opposed to black) made me think that there is another veil and red would be an appropriate color to represent love.
Harry's Hallow is what allows him to get into the Love Room because sacrificing yourself requires a supreme act of love and that's how Harry would be able to open that locked door in the Ministry. I imagine that Voldemort is chasing Harry through the Ministry and Harry ends up opening any door that will get him away from Voldy. That door happens to be the Love Room and Voldemort follows him inside, not realize where they are.
Another part of this theory is thinking who else has sacrificed herself for others? Lily Potter! Lily sacrificed herself for Harry, so Harry is Lily's Hallow (NOT Voldemort's Horcrux). However, Lily died because she was unable to keep Harry with her - may he was thrown in the explosion that destroyed the house or some other explanation. Perhaps the fact that Harry has Lily's eyes is a mark that he is her Hallow and the fact that Lily's Hallow resides with Petunia (Lily's sister) is why the magic works to keep Harry safe from Voldemort until he comes of age - the spell Lily cast is kept alive by her sister's blood until Harry has to move out of the house.
This ancient magic is probably older than Horcruxes, which would mean Voldemort wouldn't have known about it, though he should have thought of it, seeing as how the Wizarding World has all these opposites ("It's an ancient magic, I should have known." Voldemort says something to that effect at the end of GoF about the magic Lily used to save Harry).
So, what will happen to Voldemort in the presence of two Hallows in the Love Veil? Harry has to summon one more bit of magic that he can only summon in the Love Room with the Hallow that he possesses. It's probably something like the Patronus of the person he sacrificed himself for (has anyone mentioned what Ginny's Patronus is? Even seeing Hermione's otter or Ron's Jack Russell yappie-dog come after Voldy would be very satisfying). And don't forget that the Lily is in the Love Veil with Harry and can summon Prongs herself. In a sense, the whole Potter clan is taking Voldemort down. Because Voldemort has only a mutilated fraction of soul at this point, he cannot handle being in an environment full of complete souls who love (both the Hallows and the people that love Harry) that he is going to spontaneously combust or something equally climactic. Hence the "Deathly Hallows" are deathly to Lord Voldemort!
But, this does not mean Harry has to die once he's used his Hallow. The magic of the Love Room probably means that since the person Harry sacrificed himself for has helped Harry in return (using the Patronus), Harry's soul can return to his body and he doesn't have to depend on the Hallow for his life. Lily can't, though, because she's already been dead for 16 years and no spell can reawaken the dead - even a spell from something as powerful as a Hallow. But, since Harry didn't die before he created his Hallow and managed to keep it with him, the Hallow will disappear when he leaves the Love Veil and he is free to live his life with Ginny, get married, have twelve children and become Minister of Magic :)
Harry's Hallow is what allows him to get into the Love Room because sacrificing yourself requires a supreme act of love and that's how Harry would be able to open that locked door in the Ministry. I imagine that Voldemort is chasing Harry through the Ministry and Harry ends up opening any door that will get him away from Voldy. That door happens to be the Love Room and Voldemort follows him inside, not realize where they are.
Another part of this theory is thinking who else has sacrificed herself for others? Lily Potter! Lily sacrificed herself for Harry, so Harry is Lily's Hallow (NOT Voldemort's Horcrux). However, Lily died because she was unable to keep Harry with her - may he was thrown in the explosion that destroyed the house or some other explanation. Perhaps the fact that Harry has Lily's eyes is a mark that he is her Hallow and the fact that Lily's Hallow resides with Petunia (Lily's sister) is why the magic works to keep Harry safe from Voldemort until he comes of age - the spell Lily cast is kept alive by her sister's blood until Harry has to move out of the house.
This ancient magic is probably older than Horcruxes, which would mean Voldemort wouldn't have known about it, though he should have thought of it, seeing as how the Wizarding World has all these opposites ("It's an ancient magic, I should have known." Voldemort says something to that effect at the end of GoF about the magic Lily used to save Harry).
So, what will happen to Voldemort in the presence of two Hallows in the Love Veil? Harry has to summon one more bit of magic that he can only summon in the Love Room with the Hallow that he possesses. It's probably something like the Patronus of the person he sacrificed himself for (has anyone mentioned what Ginny's Patronus is? Even seeing Hermione's otter or Ron's Jack Russell yappie-dog come after Voldy would be very satisfying). And don't forget that the Lily is in the Love Veil with Harry and can summon Prongs herself. In a sense, the whole Potter clan is taking Voldemort down. Because Voldemort has only a mutilated fraction of soul at this point, he cannot handle being in an environment full of complete souls who love (both the Hallows and the people that love Harry) that he is going to spontaneously combust or something equally climactic. Hence the "Deathly Hallows" are deathly to Lord Voldemort!
But, this does not mean Harry has to die once he's used his Hallow. The magic of the Love Room probably means that since the person Harry sacrificed himself for has helped Harry in return (using the Patronus), Harry's soul can return to his body and he doesn't have to depend on the Hallow for his life. Lily can't, though, because she's already been dead for 16 years and no spell can reawaken the dead - even a spell from something as powerful as a Hallow. But, since Harry didn't die before he created his Hallow and managed to keep it with him, the Hallow will disappear when he leaves the Love Veil and he is free to live his life with Ginny, get married, have twelve children and become Minister of Magic :)
In other news, I think my mom's a little depressed. Not seriously-bad depressed, more like just down in the dumps. A million wedding announcements proclaiming the nuptial of the children of a number of old college roommates will do that to a person. I guess she feels bad because she doesn't think that my sister and I have social lives and we're going to be ornery old spinsters and snipe at all the neighborhood kids who are unfortunate enough to hit their baseballs in our front yards. Plus, all these people we both went to high school and were friends with are getting married, so I think it makes her feel like we're both just being single for the sake of being different or some stupid Quibbler-like headline (we'll only find the Mystic Kettle of Nackledirk if we're happily unattached or whatever).
Plus, all these blessed events have been set for this weekend which brings me to another rant: how creative do you have to be to set your wedding date as 07-07-07? Is there some mystical-yet-fortuitous property that comes from getting hitched on triple digits? Never mind that everyone and their Great-Auntie Ethel's pet lobster will set the same date, thus having to make everyone you invited pick and choose - though they could pick and choose to stay home. If you want to be really daring, set it for next Friday the 13th. That'll give you something to tell your kids about.
Like this girl I work with: she got married last June 6 on 06-06-06... not because she and her husband wanted to honor Satan in their ceremony, but because she really likes even numbers and getting married on 06-05-06 or 06-07-06 would have been unacceptable (in her own words: "I'm OCD like that."). Anyway, I just think it's funny that people have this fixation with numbers. Yeah, it's kinda neat that this Saturday is 07-07-07, but it doesn't mean much for your future if something big happens on that day.
I may be weird, but I'm not that weird (and I'm hot because the beginning of July always marks the advent of the triple-digit temperatures and I never un-melt until September. Blah...I hate summer weather).
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
