Got to admit I like the "exposed to death" idea a lot more than my own. Can I take it? ;)
Especially, because it would also neatly epxlain Tom. His mother also died in childbirth. Harry, oh, Harry really has something going on with Death, hasn't he? Hit at least twice by the Killing Curse (fourth year doesn't really count, I guess...), Quirrel, Basilisk venom, Dementors that try to take his souls, priori incantatem, the gate of Death (only he and Luna could hear the voices), the Horcruxes... the list is long.
So, let's say Harry's got the same predisposition, but he never did anything with it besides it kicking him to help him stay alive. All fine, and well, but he gets the Hallows. And they're are in short a Necromancer's tool box, to control the urges a practising Necormancer has. Harry uses them all, walks away - but suddenly there are these urges.
1. Wand: Craving for death (usually seen as one for battle, but well, what if it's really just the death?) 2. Stone: Resurrectiong - he now feels the lingering souls, not quite ghost, but still there. He could touch them and pull... 3. Cloak: He suddenly becomes visible to the souls as well - and wants to hide from them. And he might feel the gateway of death, all the time. Like a sun on his face.
You're right, there is quite little to work with, besides the fact that there are hints left and right... It's fun to develop a Necormancer in the Harry Potter verse, that could work out.
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Date: 2014-04-29 12:04 pm (UTC)From:Especially, because it would also neatly epxlain Tom. His mother also died in childbirth.
Harry, oh, Harry really has something going on with Death, hasn't he? Hit at least twice by the Killing Curse (fourth year doesn't really count, I guess...), Quirrel, Basilisk venom, Dementors that try to take his souls, priori incantatem, the gate of Death (only he and Luna could hear the voices), the Horcruxes... the list is long.
So, let's say Harry's got the same predisposition, but he never did anything with it besides it kicking him to help him stay alive. All fine, and well, but he gets the Hallows.
And they're are in short a Necromancer's tool box, to control the urges a practising Necormancer has. Harry uses them all, walks away - but suddenly there are these urges.
1. Wand: Craving for death (usually seen as one for battle, but well, what if it's really just the death?)
2. Stone: Resurrectiong - he now feels the lingering souls, not quite ghost, but still there. He could touch them and pull...
3. Cloak: He suddenly becomes visible to the souls as well - and wants to hide from them. And he might feel the gateway of death, all the time. Like a sun on his face.
You're right, there is quite little to work with, besides the fact that there are hints left and right... It's fun to develop a Necormancer in the Harry Potter verse, that could work out.