I show not your face but your heart's desire

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Assuming alternity continues to incorporate big canon events, we should expect Harry to find the Mirror of Erised in a little under a month.

"It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts." -Dumbledore

What do you predict Harry Marvolo will see there?

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[amethistdolphin.livejournal.com]

Ok, enough with the lurking, Ive been reading this from the beginning, and I figure its time to introduce myself.

1. You all rock! I am amazed at all the incredible theories and all, mostly I just read, worry and feel my heart break each time Boot and Hermione post.

2. I love all the speculation about the Mirror, I am really curious about it. I particularly like the idea of Boot finding it. he is downtrodden, but at the same time the kid has spirit you know? those little barbs he lets out sometimes just fill my heart with joy, just as he breaks my heart each time he says something like 'you can get used to the cruciatus curse.' I really love that boy. Cant someone just kill him (for fake I mean) to save him from the Carrows?

Now about all the speculation around here, what about the cloak? I dont think the order would return it to him, not considering he is in the hands of Voldemort. Is someone using it? would they risk returning it to the boy? One would figure that Dumbledore knew then about the Hallows, would he risk such a valuable be in the hands of Voldemort? and where is Dumbledore anyways? he hasnt posted since that first post right? have I missed something?

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I'm happy you posted!

I had sort of pictured McG giving Harry the cloak (possibly having been left it by Dumbledore when he fled to America), but you're right of course that that would be a pretty risky move. Harry could, for example, lend the cloak to his Father who could use it to spy on people.

In fact, it's weird, now that I think about it, that the Order isn't using the cloak extensively! If it's in their possession, they could do all sorts of secret good sneaking about the Muggle camps with it.

So here are a couple possibilities:
-It is hidden in some part of the castle. Only Dumbledore knows about it. On Christmas he will send a secret message directing Harry there (or possibly some other student of his choice. But it seems fairly Dumbledore-like to trust Harry a lot more than the rest of the Order would).
-Voldemort, Lucius, or some other DE has it from raiding Dumbledore's possessions at some point. They may or may not give it to Harry.
-The Order has it and will give it to Neville?

My overwhelming suspicion is that we will *hear* about the Cloak on Christmas day, but whose hands it ends up in, and how it gets there, is anyone's guess.

[amethistdolphin.livejournal.com]

I think its quite possible Dumbledore has it. I mean he would not leave something like that around would he? and if he hasn't, wouldn't Mcgonagal try to hide it? I do think they will eventually get back to the Hallows, I wonder how? and Didn't Voldemort already choose Harry as the chosen one anyhow? otherwise why would he raise the boy as his own? If he is so incapable of love, then why else would he choose to raise him? and wasn't in the end both Neville and Harry who killed him? I mean Neville did kill on of the horcruxes (sp?) after all...

and what did I miss? why is boot sick?

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Prophecy:
The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

So, "the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal." I could see that going either way. In a way, raising Harry as a son marks him as a potential equal. In another way, it sort of marks him as unequal, since the Father/Son relationship could be seen as much less equal in terms of power than, say, the Enemy/Enemy one. Especially with Voldemort's parenting style.

So it's possible that Voldemort hasn't really marked either boy as his equal yet, and some future action of his will be what decides which one the prophecy is about.

It also says "he will have power the Dark Lord knows not." In the books, that was interpreted as power based on love, like the love it would take for Lily to sacrifice herself for Harry. But... wait, actually. DID SHE SACRIFICE HERSELF? Maybe she did and so Harry does have that magical protection, but since Voldemort changed his mind immediately after killing Harry, it hasn't been invoked yet. How would that work? Would that still have some effect on him? This has never occurred to me before!

Well, now I forgot what I was saying. But hm.

and what did I miss? why is boot sick?

It's very recent. Poppy posted about it here (http://alt-poppy.livejournal.com/1696.html).

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

Cant someone just kill him (for fake I mean) to save him from the Carrows?

Pomfrey might have just the right opportunity now! (Supposing that Terry survives his bout of pneumonia.)

[amethistdolphin.livejournal.com]

I do hope that is the plan, what happens to boot breaks my heart! I would love to see him come back later on to make the Carrows pay for what they did to him.