I regard fighting as futile (can’t speak magic without death eaters attacking, can’t cast worldess magic without Voldemort sensing through resonance and shooting). Harry must lose.
Voldemort is only killing him because of the prophecy. Harry should ask to hear the prophecy, so that if he is ever reborn somehow he can avoid it. Voldemort will probably tell him, hard to think how giving information about the destruction of the world to Harry could hurt it, since he’s taken the Vow and now can only threaten the world through ignorance.
Once Harry hears the prophecy he can point out that there is no reason (beyond the coincidental timing) to think that he is the person referred to in it. If Voldemort agrees, and no longer NEEDS Harry’s death, then Harry offers to earn his life by serving Voldemort with another Unbreakable Vow insuring his loyalty.
Harry, if not the World-Ender, would be super-valuable to Voldemort as:
False opposition figure to lure in and betray opponents
World-Safety-Vowed Science Czar in the new regime, in charge of monitoring Muggle and Wizard breakthroughs and making certain they don’t interfere with the earth’s new role as Voldemort’s idiot-hunting range.
Bodyguard vs. Dementors
If Voldemort accepts, Harry goes through with this, and becomes the Dark Lord’s Vowed servant, thereby surviving this crisis. As for the future? Perhaps the horse will learn to sing.
I don’t think that’s a foregone conclusion, and not one Harry would be willing to bet his life and the fate of the universe on. Voldemort specifically said that he doesn’t want to tell Harry because telling him could make it come true. Harry has to convince Voldie that it’s not just okay to tell him, but beneficial to his goals to tell him. That’s the kind of argument you’d have to craft here.
It could have made it come true BEFORE the Vow. Now Harry, having Vowed, is only ever a danger to the world through ignorance. Increasing his knowledge cannot increase the danger he poses the world.
I regard fighting as futile (can’t speak magic without death eaters attacking, can’t cast worldess magic without Voldemort sensing through resonance and shooting). Harry must lose.
Voldemort is only killing him because of the prophecy. Harry should ask to hear the prophecy, so that if he is ever reborn somehow he can avoid it. Voldemort will probably tell him, hard to think how giving information about the destruction of the world to Harry could hurt it, since he’s taken the Vow and now can only threaten the world through ignorance.
Once Harry hears the prophecy he can point out that there is no reason (beyond the coincidental timing) to think that he is the person referred to in it. If Voldemort agrees, and no longer NEEDS Harry’s death, then Harry offers to earn his life by serving Voldemort with another Unbreakable Vow insuring his loyalty.
Harry, if not the World-Ender, would be super-valuable to Voldemort as:
False opposition figure to lure in and betray opponents
World-Safety-Vowed Science Czar in the new regime, in charge of monitoring Muggle and Wizard breakthroughs and making certain they don’t interfere with the earth’s new role as Voldemort’s idiot-hunting range.
Bodyguard vs. Dementors
If Voldemort accepts, Harry goes through with this, and becomes the Dark Lord’s Vowed servant, thereby surviving this crisis. As for the future? Perhaps the horse will learn to sing.
I don’t think that’s a foregone conclusion, and not one Harry would be willing to bet his life and the fate of the universe on. Voldemort specifically said that he doesn’t want to tell Harry because telling him could make it come true. Harry has to convince Voldie that it’s not just okay to tell him, but beneficial to his goals to tell him. That’s the kind of argument you’d have to craft here.
It could have made it come true BEFORE the Vow. Now Harry, having Vowed, is only ever a danger to the world through ignorance. Increasing his knowledge cannot increase the danger he poses the world.
I agree. This is a good line of reasoning. I was just saying that Harry has to make that argument and it’s not guaranteed LV will accept it.