Why is AK unforgiveable was Re: Lethal Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 40021

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., <heidit at n...> (heidi tandy) wrote:

> Then again, Harry is still a bit in the Muggle take on life and 
death. But in the wizarding world, where people see ghosts daily, 
talk with them, even learn from them - there's no fear that there's 
only nothingness after death. Unless, as I suspect, the true 
reason AK is unforgivable - not because it causes death, but 
because it takes the soul and instead of setting it free for the next 
great adventure, captures it in the caster's wand in perpetuity.
>

I think it's unforgiveable because it's a spell that can *only* be 
done with murderous intent and has no use other than killing.  
AK and the other two spells are unforgiveable against humans 
only, not, for example, spiders, so it's possible that they are 
taught at Hogwarts and other wizarding schools. 

Cedric's mother comforts herself by saying, "He must have been  
happy." Tying this into JKR's interview comments that people 
who are happy don't become ghosts, I think Cedric's mother was 
telling Amos that their son would be at peace. It would be a pretty 
hollow statement if she thought his spirit was trapped inside a 
wand. I think the wand echoes are just that: echoes created by 
the wand's magic as it strikes its target. They are a reflection of 
the personality, but they don't capture the soul of the person any 
more than wizard photographs do.

Pippin