It’s very early to say anything really, and I know we only had 6 pages or so of “19 years later”, but there is something about the writing around Harry’s child Albus that makes me wonder if there could be another Dark Lord on the horizon, to continue on the series in the Wizarding World if and when JK Rowling decides to recreate it in ink.

It was very clear through the story that Harry Potter himself could have gone either way, and I’m referring to the entire story - books 1 to 7. Harry was originally selected for Slytherin after all, and as Sirius said, everyone has the potential to be evil, it’s just about suppressing in favour of good: what if young Albus fails to do that?

We also saw Draco’s son board the train, what if Albus falls into the wrong crowd, goes to Slytherin and dabbles in the Dark Arts? Out of all Harry’s children, he has “Lily’s eyes”, what he has a small, tiny a fragment even of Voldemort in him? We are told that Harry’s scare had not prickled in the 19 years that past, but what if after all that time, it did?

James of Gryffindor and Albus Severus of Slytherin could well be in competition with each other, could fall out, could even become enemies. Of course, for a new Dark Lord to be created and to be as powerful as Voldemort or even Grindelwald was, it would take many years, thus there could be another “19 years later” somewhere down the line, but that would surely have to follow a book or two or the Potter children during their Hogwarts days. It’s certainly something that could be the basis of a whole new series of books of Jo Rowling and the fans of her books.

that just dosent sound right. i do not think albus severus potter will fall into the wrong crowd. but good theory

-Lidaya

i doubt it. Harry had lilys eyes even before Voldemort tried to kill him. And James was just trying to scare Albus by saying he might be in Slytherin. And people arent born evil. There parents are the ones that make them do bad things by the way they raise them. I doubt peer pressure would really do much on him as his parents and friends parents spent there childhood fighting Voldemort

I don't think Albus Severus would become evil. It would be pretty hearbreaking to have him who has the same name as Dumbledore who was well Dumbledore and Snape who was good all, turned out to be such an awsome brave character that time and died at the hand of Voldemort because he aided hs rise to power, sort of.
Besides I don't think J.K. will write anymore books about the HP world except the encyclopedia but it's an interesting idea.



FireryPhoenix I disagree with that. I think people are definetly born with teh potential of evil. Also your parents may influence you but in the end you choose the path you're going to walk. Snape proves it. Look at his paents but he still turned out good. Like DD said 'It's our choices Harry that show us what we truly are'.

I think this is most unlikely. Just because he's like Harry dosen't mean he'll become either Harry or Voldemort. Would make an interesting book though, Harry Potter is the only one who can defeat the new Dark Lord, but can he come to kill his own son??? I might write a fanfic on it

However that being said Albus Severus Potter is the worst name ever, and that could turn anyone evil

hmm i see where your coming from but it doesnt seem likely. i mean it would be pretty messed up if the son of harry potter whos named after two of the bravest men to fight against voldemort would ever turn out like that..... ooh the irony of it all!

even if he is in slytherin doesnt necessarily mean hes goin to turn out bad, look at snape - biggest shock ever!

but LOL to what NickHilton said about him turning evil as a result of his name! genius

I Don't Belive JKR would do that!! mAlbus Severus Potter is named afer Snape and Dumbledore!

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The basic truth here is: someone with a name like ALBUS SEVERUS POTTER could not be evil! He is named after two very unevil people, and bears the last name of someone who suffered greatly to conquer evil. it just can't be that way.

I Totally Agree!! His name says it aaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll!! It Cannot Be That Way

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Quite frankly I imagine he will be beaten up regularly with a name like that! That epilogue gave us a whiney brat with a big stupid combo name. It’s like wearing a target.

As for being a ‘Dark Lord’ I suppose it would be crafty to fill his head with how he’s never going to be as powerful as Harry. A.S. Potter just might be compelled to dip into the DARK with a little mental misery.

A Book Eight Fanfic EXCLUSIVE!
As the train pulled away from the station Albus wiped his nose and determinedly took a deep breath. I will be brave! I will have my say with that Sorting Hat. It won’t scare me. He jumped as the train compartment doors slid open.

‘Well, look who’s here. I smell trouble, or is it goat?’ drawled a lean blonde boy flanked by several grinning Slytherins.

His pale eyes narrowed as Albus Severus stood up proud “Oh yeah, well I smell stupid!” he brayed.

Scorpius Malfoy whooped in laughter. “You got that right As!’ His cronies howled in approval. “Assss” “Azz” “Asssss!” they chimed. “Smell you later As Pott!” The doors quickly shut with a bouncing slam.

It was going to be a great school year.

albus severus was worried about being put into slythern i cant spell srry

anyway harry told him he once knew a man in slytherin and he was one of the bravest men harry ever knew

As interesting as your theory is, i have to think that there is a very slim chance of this happening...

Contrary to someone's opinion, i do not believe we are born evil. I believe that we are all born the same, in mentality. I think that the way we are raisesd, the lessons we learn, will greatly affect our views on right and wrong, and our priorities and therefore shape us to make the decisions that we will when we grow up. Personally, I don't think it believable that the son of the person who suffered so at the hands of LV (the death of parents, Sirius, friends) would ever dream of following in such a dark wizards footsteps. Harry made a decision to be the good guy, to remain on the good side. I'm sure he would pass this choice as well as it's alternatives onto his son. Whether his son would chose to be good, well i think there's a big chance of that.

And I think that the name sounds silly, however the significance is great. Wonder why the second son got the two names of those two who influenced Harry's life the most...

If anything -- I agree with the person who said that the parents influence the kids. Take a look a Draco! My father this and my father that.

I think Harry, as a father is nurturing and therefore wouldn't teach his kids anything dark or anything about "bad blood".

Draco's family on the other hand - just might teach their kids "dark" ways.

If anyone's to turn evil -- I think it would be Draco's son.

But as to ideas of what JK can write a bout -- how about a prequel - James, Sirus, Lupin, Peter?? Sounds like J and S had some stories to tell.

Hmm , I dont think that that would ever occur, for one JK Rowling said she dosn't want to write a spin-off and for two, if your father defeated the greatest dark wizard to have ever lived and turned the world into a better place, would you really want to indulge in the dark arts? I know that I wouldnt !

Would be real awkward for a person to save the whole wizarding world from a dark lord to give born to another one. So afterall, his work is ruined.

interesting theory though, but i doubt a son of a hero would do that. I would like to see Umbridge as the new dark lord though lol it would be funny, unfortunately she is locked up in Askaban and pink cardigan does not suit a dark lord image.

I like that theory but I highly highly doubt that JK would do that.

his son id gonna find out about the hallows after his dad dies when he takes the cloak and he's gonna become the new dark lord
full name:albus severus harry james Potter

Oh man, I WISH Rowling would do that, that would honestly make my life. I'm officially inlove with that theory, I may just write a fan fiction of it lol.

Even though it will probably never happen, I think you make a fair amount of good points (referring to the first post), especially the competition between James and Albus if they were in seperate houses.

Also, Albus Severus Potter's name makes the theory even better, after all he was named after three wizards who were the opposite of evil.

I don't think it would happen....even if it could happen JK would not write another whole series around a dark lord and such....
I think Harry probably told all his children the story and that wouldn't happen....

I still think it’s possible for Albus to become evil. For this kid to not express his fears to his parents until he’s ready to board the train is a bad sign. It bodes ill of Harry and Ginny’s parenting skills. Albus could also be under pressure to keep a ‘brave’ front and not be himself. A.S. is so doomed! All is not well…

HOGWASH!!! He could not be an evil villian!!

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i really dont think that hes gonna be "evil" *snickers*, but he might inherit harrys trait about "saving the people". dont you think? its possible.

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why would jk do that to harry, he just spent 7 years fighting voldemort and now his own son?!
i think that malfoy's boy will be the next dark lord.
its kinda obvious but i think it would be better than albus because harry will raise albus better than malfoy will raise his son.

JKR said herself that Slytherin isn't as evil as it once was. I don't think he's so doomed. He expressed how much he doesn't want to be in Slytherin- and even if he does get put into it (though I really do doubt it) he isn't going to be evil. He won't let the pressure of being Harry Potter's son get to him that way. That's just stupid.

I dont think he would become the next dark lord he grew up in a family that has all suffered from the dark lord and i think that would have influenced to be good and save innocent people

I don't believe for an instant that Albus Severus Potter will become the Dark Lord. While the glimpse of him we have in the epilogue is brief, he doesn't seem to have it in him to do terrible deeds. He sort of reminds me of Harry before the sorting, with the exception that Harry didn't have any reassurance going into it. To do a deed of supreme evil, a person has to have something in him. Not everyone can up and destroy another person. True, some people can go down that path due to certain circumstances--like Carrietta White, but I don't think Albus Severus will.

I do think, however, that a name like Albus Severus will cause him to be at best the butt of jokes, and at worst he will be beat up. Severus is one thing. Lucius Septimus Severus was a great and powerful emperor of the Roman Empire. Albus just sounds stupid--no offence to you Dumbledore fans out there. I simply have to wonder how Ginny let Harry get away with naming their son such an awful name. But it could have been worse. It could have been Hugo:).

At any rate, I don't think that Rowling is going to make Harry's son the villain of a later book. Some fanfics might, but Rowling won't.

Se gap lai nhe.

I think after where J.K. left it off, we should stop assuming Slytherins are all evil. Though, yes, I'm quite disappointed that none stayed back to join in the fight (at least who were against the death eaters). Harry Potter's son becoming a dark wizard sounds rather too sensational. besides, albus severus was raised in much better conditions than voldemort (better than Grindelwald, I cannot vouch for). Anyway, we're forgetting Snape,who, ultimately, was not bad, but he was a slytherin.

Well it certainly would be interesting but I really can't see that happening.

From reading the earlier posts it seems there's been a bit of a 'nature versus nuture' debate. Are you born evil or is it how you're raised? Well I think it's a bit of both because JKR said in the webchat that things for Voldemort would have gone differently if his mother had of raised and loved him. He never knew love which lead to his inability to love. However, I am sure that Albus Severus (Awful name, I would want to rebel against my parents for that!) would be brought up in a loving household which probably would not lead to him being evil.

Draco Malfoy was only a Death Eater because his father was a Death Eater and he got involved with Voldemort because of his father. He was brought up in a household that was pro-purebloods and anti-muggleborns which is why he was the way he was. I'm sure Harry would not bring up Ablus Severus like that.

I don't think so. Nope. It's Harry Potter's kid we're talking about. The defeater of the Dark Lord. Not possible his kid would be a second Dark Lord.

Albus Severus hmm can't be much worse than

Regulus Arcturus
Mundungus
Remus
aberforth
zacharias
Nymphodora
Severus
Albus Percival Brian wulfric
fenrir

and many other admittelly very cool and imaginative names that would doubtless get you beatings in real life.Hogwarts has a very high tolerance of ridicolous names. Besides his dad is THE Harry Potter who not only survived 2 killing curses but killed the most evil wizard ever surely that'd do wonders for your reputation. even if he was bullied Harry or one of the other trio members could come done and sort them out.

Great theory, but I don't think that he would do that. With Harry and Ginny for parents, he can't go wrong! And Harry told him that he would have the chance to choose his house. I don't think that he would like being in Slytherin, and so I assume he will choose Gryffindor. No, I just can't see it happening. Draco's son could end up in Gryffindor(interesting plot...), but Harry's son in Slytherin? Not a chance.

This is odd, I had just been thinking of this myself as I read deathly hallows near the end. Harry did move his hand to his scar, but it didn't hurt? However, JKR did say that Harry no longer had the ability to converse with snakes because the piece of soul was gone...However, that doesn't mean that it was destroyed...I'm unsure. If it wasnt destroyed then they wouldnt have to worry about albus severus, they would have to worry about voldemort coming back. Unless the horcrux was destroyed but not the personality? Now I'm just confusing myself. But there is definitely something weird about albus severus. He doesnt seem to have his brother's confidence. Maybe that means that he more closely emulates Harry?

To those that say that Potter's kid would not possibly be a slytherin, Has the story not taught you anything? It's that everyone chooses their own way in life. Sirius went a completely different route then his parents and family. Tom Riddle was brought up in an orphanage by very nice people. None of the other children were mean at all. He did not know his parents or any heritage of any kind until he went to hogwarts but he was an evil brat before that. It would be very easy to meet up with scorpius on the train and ask the hat to put him in slytherin because he wanted to be near his friend. There it is, right there a wanting to be connected to the rich and powerful. It would be immensely easy to make one wrong turn and screw your life up...Or become the biggest evil sorcerer the world has ever known.

The only question is

Hallows or Horcruxes?

I don't think J.K is going to write any more Harry Potter books, except for maybe the encyclopedia, so I highly doubt it. And Albus Severas seemed too nice and even if he did end up in slytherin he could be like Snape. Your theory would make for a great fan fic though.

That's an interesting theory but...he's Albus Severus Potter...does that sound evil? And besides, didn't' he fear that he would be sorted into slytherin? This is exactly how Harry felt.

I've been thinking about it also it makes scenes somehow but I'm glad someone brought it up!
I dont think Albus would go that way because we'll for one Voldemorts gone so theres no need to start some dark arts stuff but then I could be wrong.The whole thing about James [2] and Albus becoming enemies or such makes it pretty realiztic.I like this theroy..I hope JKR would make a book for them

I did think of one strong reason why A.S. Potty wouldn’t be evil. Ginny wouldn’t let him! She’d bat-boogie hex the spirit right out of that kid. BE GOOD, OR ELSE! No wonder Albus Severus seemed so whimpery weak.

I would completely disown the entire Harry Potter franchise if Albus Severus Potter was made into a Dark Lord.

First of all, I hate his name. It's so hokey, so cheesey... and completely fairy tale. Why, oh why, did JKR do that?! It's almost painful cliche is it!

Second... The son of Harry Potter becoming an evil Dark Lord? C'mon, I think we can be a little more original than that. I think Scorpius, stumbling upon old texts and heirlooms in the Malfoy Manor would be MUCH more fitting character to rise in the Dark Arts.

As much an interesting idea this is, I highly doubt that it could happen. JK Rowling already said that she wasn't ging to write anything else on Harry Potter except for the encyclepedia.

Although, I can see this happening in a fanfiction somewhere!


LOL
Seriously, I could see Ginny doing that!

Little Albus could never become evil!!!!! If he is anything like his daddy, which i'm sure he is , he will know "who the right people are". I don't think there will be anyone as evil as Voly was. Of course there will be bad people just not as bad as him.

This is all very interesting. Nice theories and arguments.

However, you shouldn't judge him based on his name. Being named after someone does not make you like that person, and being in a great and respectable family doesn't make you like the rest of your family.

Now, don't get the wrong idea, I do NOT believe that Albus Severus Potter is going to be even close to evil. I'm just saying that your ideas are based on his name, and not his actual self.

Well, well, well.. A nice and inventive theory. But to be honest, I laughed when I saw the title of this thread I don't think a son of Harry Potter can become a dark lord. I'm not even going to argue that point, it seems so impossible. I think that all of you can guess the reasons that are rushing through my head now - most of them have been said before me in this thread

I don't think that we will have to worry about Harry's son. Yes he came from Harry but he also came from Ginny. Also Harry I don;t think has any more of LV in him because LV killed that part when he killed the Hococrux that was in Harry. Could the brothers go into competition, yes, but that drive to be the best comes from both Harry and Ginny, so no worries there I think.

i seriously doubt this theory for one thing he is named after two great people albusseverus... i can see what most theories are based onb but not this one. i think that it would be interesting if his scar prickled again but a bit pointless and annoying because then he would have to go on a quest to see why it prickled etc etc blah blah.

its better just to finish it.

I think Albus Severus wont become new dark lord. He is to afraid if he ends up in Slytherin. And I think he is in Slytherin.

The inicials albus severus potter a.s.p. - its a snake or adder (God bless online dictionary ) so I think he is Slytherin. But to become evil ? No way..

I think that the Potter children(in general)would be very touched by the fact that their parents lost so many close friends and family members during the battle with Voldemort. Albus seems more like Harry and I think that for the fact that he has Harry's eyes is a very symbolic way of showing that he is goign to be on the good side.

From what people are saying about Albus Severus not being evil because he is named after two very unevil people. That is really not true. It does not matter what you name is, even if they were heroes names... that doesn't limit you to how evil you can get. I still think the Albus Severus dark lord thing is very unlikely but does that mean that if Harry named him something normal, then he would become a dark lord? I don't think so...

Whereas I don't believe that Harry's son would turn out evil, I'm a big fan of this theory. It's very interesting and I would have never even considered it had it not been for this post. It seems as though Albus is getting a lot of pressure from his older brother, and he's also got some pretty intense names to live up to...maybe the pressure will turn out to be too much for him...?

Did Ron turn out to be a 'New Dark Lord'? I hope not... I think that all of the new characters were made to reflect the old ones. Teddy reflects Harry, Albus refelcts Ron, James reflects Fred and George, and James Potter Sr, Lily reflects Ginny, Rose reflects Hermione, and we never really saw much of Hugo. This theory is interesting, and we'll never know if it's right or not, sadly. But I don't think that James overshadowing Albus will make him turn evil, or anything.

I can't see Ablus Severus turning evil. You could see just in the conversations he had with his parents, that he is really good at heart. When we saw Voldemort conversing at the same age to people in book 6, he was very different. Albus was truly worried about going into Slytherin, and about his parents writing. Tom Riddle didn't even want DD to come with him to Diagon Alley. I don't think Albus could be the new dark lord.

For Sir Cadogan, I think Hugo is meant to reflect Hermione and Ron combined, check out the forum on Hugo and Rose.

I can't imagine any of Harry's kids being evil. Especially Albus Severus, who has the name of 2 people who were highly against evil. He seemed like a good kid in the epilogue too. I don't think Harry would be too happy if he heard one of his kids is friends with Malfoy's son, and he would surely know all about Death Eaters and stuff from Harry and Ginny.