MOD Harry is a pretty interesting idea
I have a guilty pleasure for Master of Death Harry. The fanfics and fanart, the situations and implications. Well I always loved the trope of a child having ancient cosmic powers, like powers so great one will never believe that it comes from this tiny thing. Naruto and Danny Phantom being some examples.Â
I know the fandom is pretty iffy about MOD Harry, which canât blame them all too much with some of the fanfics being just some power wanks filled with plot holes.Â
But for me I have this little dust bunny in my head that I use when my daydreaming turns on my HP nonsense.Â
We never really get a clear answer on what it means to be Master of Death, neither in the books or the movies, to my knowledge. All we get is the fairytale from the beedle the bard book, some passive acknowledgement from Dumbledore, and a theory that the Hallows being somewhat credited to saving Harryâs life in the last book. Which is a bit frustrating but oh well; we move on and seize an opportunity instead.
In comes in my headcanon.Â
I like to believe that Death was impress by Ignotus Peverell; surviving his Hallow which by all means was a trap set by Death. And that is what the Hallows are in my opinion, traps, curses. Each catered to a specific Peverell brother pairing hand and hand to their wish, a whole âBe careful what you wish forâ kinda scenario. Antioch was killed for power by Power, Cadmus died of grief by Grief, and if all went according to Deathâs plan Ignotus would have died of fear for Fear; the cloak meant for hiding oneself from Death shows that heâs afraid, in some (wise) capacity, of Death. The way it was suppose to go was that the cloak was meant to give a slow death. It was meant to be hold on to possessively as the wearer realize their mistake of messing with Death with the deaths of the users of the other Hallows. They would of withered as their body succumbed to old age but never dying, loved ones and life passing by without them, driven mad with fear and paranoia awaiting Death to strike, to ultimately be too buried in their madness they let go of the cloak by mistake and finds Death waiting for them.Â
Yet that didnât happen.Â
Ignotus lived a decent life, gave the Hallow to his son (which ties in my head canon that the Potters being mainly Gryffindors because their family knowing the importance of Bravery when they wield an artifact crafted specifically made to entice fear. Even if the knowledge of the cloakâs true identity was lost.), and willingly walks to Death and greets them like an old friend.
Going back to Harry I like to believe he's an incarnation of Ignotus Peverell. Death, curious about Ignotus's reaction on handling one of the Hallows decides to put him to a test. A set of trials that will test him against not only the concept behind the cloak but with the rest of the hallows. Heâll have to fight against the allure of power, of satisfying his grief and to once again confront his fear. And ironically enough he completes that in relative ease. Harry always had a quiet bravery to him that gradually grows louder through the story. While he does grieves deeply for those he lost (ie. The Mirror of Erised) he doesnât let that grief consume him. And for power, Harry always wanted to be a normal boy, and while yes power would be nice to have to help protect his friends with, he never let power change him (and never to the extant of Voldemort).
With that he earns his title by taking the final step, he walks to his death and greets Death like an old friend once more. He didnât go because he was confident he would return (Power), he didnât lost his will to live (Grief), and he didnât pray or bargain, or even run away (Fear): he walked with a calm expectance that this was the right thing and died.
He becomes Master of Death in the station and uses his powers for the first time to return back to the living after having a conversation with Death as they look like Dumbledore.Â
The Master of Death title grants a few powers, the unlimited use of the Hallows (theyâre no longer curses, will only listen to Harry and in some capacity to those he chooses, and are more powerful now that they have a kindaâimmortal user), reincarnation into different worlds, a psychopomp, a Messenger of Death as well as a Champion of Death (he goes on mission for them) and the most defining of his powers, the Master of his own death.
Harry Potter has the power to choose when he dies and the way that he dies. Meaning he could live near indefinitely as long he has the intention of dying at some point as well as no longer being confine by fate, he gets to choose what he does now and no one (and I do mean no one) can stop him.Â
Either way thats just an idea of mine. If anyone wants to use it feel free, just give me some credit and send a link so i can read it when you´re done, I´d love to see how it turns out!
