but in all seriousness: I expect Harry to solve Death before the end of the fic—it’s too central to both Harry’s current motive and thus the current plot arc, and Eliezer’s motives in writing this fic, to avoid, even putting aside the conspicuous Peverell prophecy.
EY also likes to point out the virtues of hard work. It might seem… too easy, too trivial for an 11 year old to solve death in less than a year.
That older person has access to enormously more powerful magic, fears death more than anything in the world, and hasn’t been able to solve Death for decades now. Even though he’s willing to use methods that harm others, which Harry wouldn’t.
However, there’s the Philosopher’s Stone, which is supposed to grant immortality, or at least restore health. (The immortality part is uncertain: in canon it let Flamel survive for six centuries, but in HPMOR Quirrel claims that the stone’s current holder is not the one who made it.) Presumably it has some finite store of power, otherwise even Dumbledore would want to use it to heal the injuries of young people. So the question is how to duplicate it. We haven’t been told why exactly Flamel can’t produce more of it; it might be something Harry can resolve, but it could also be a zero-sum requirement to sacrifice lives to produce it.
I feel that the only way Harry could defeat Death would be using the Stone. Coming up with an unrelated solution at this point would not be plausible.
The immortality part is uncertain: in canon it let Flamel survive for six centuries, but in HPMOR Quirrel claims that the stone’s current holder is not the one who made it.)
In canon, the elixir of youth is something you have to make and drink over and over; if the Stone were stolen, and you were unable to make a replacement in time, you would die of old age. It’s possible that this is what happened, with Flamel as the thief. This would also explain why he can’t make more Stones.
EY also likes to point out the virtues of hard work. It might seem… too easy, too trivial for an 11 year old to solve death in less than a year.
Maybe, but 11 year old has had skillsofts from a much older person uploaded into him and has access to outright magc.
That older person has access to enormously more powerful magic, fears death more than anything in the world, and hasn’t been able to solve Death for decades now. Even though he’s willing to use methods that harm others, which Harry wouldn’t.
However, there’s the Philosopher’s Stone, which is supposed to grant immortality, or at least restore health. (The immortality part is uncertain: in canon it let Flamel survive for six centuries, but in HPMOR Quirrel claims that the stone’s current holder is not the one who made it.) Presumably it has some finite store of power, otherwise even Dumbledore would want to use it to heal the injuries of young people. So the question is how to duplicate it. We haven’t been told why exactly Flamel can’t produce more of it; it might be something Harry can resolve, but it could also be a zero-sum requirement to sacrifice lives to produce it.
I feel that the only way Harry could defeat Death would be using the Stone. Coming up with an unrelated solution at this point would not be plausible.
In canon, the elixir of youth is something you have to make and drink over and over; if the Stone were stolen, and you were unable to make a replacement in time, you would die of old age. It’s possible that this is what happened, with Flamel as the thief. This would also explain why he can’t make more Stones.