Harry and the Nature of Evil (...will Harry AK?)

[carolynwhite2 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 87248

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, bboy_mn at y... wrote:

> Harry is a true epic hero, he will not choose to use evil to defeat
> evil, for Harry victory to be truly inspiring, he must find a hero's
> victory. He must defeat Voldemort within the bounds of good.
> 
> I don't know how Harry will defeat Voldemort. I'm sure JKR has an
> amazing surprise in store for us. But I do know that Harry will not
> allow himself to become tained by using the unforgivables in a dark
> and definitive way.
> 
> Some else, said essential the same thing, that Harry will not be
> corrupted by using dark forces for victory in the "How's Harry going
> to learn the curses?" thread, unfortunately, I am unable to find 
thatexact post.
> 
Evil is only truly defeated when it is defeated by good.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> bboy_mn

Carolyn (tongue firmly in cheek): well, Steve, I tried to apply your 
admirable sentiments to a 'real life' situation.

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The HPfGU common room door banged open. For one wild moment, the list 
members were sure it would it that-person-who-must-not-be-named. But 
it was Harry, and he was beaming.
'So sorry - dozed off - what have I missed?'
He didn't seem to notice that the elves and the list members were 
looking at him with something remarkably like hatred. A Mod stepped 
forward.
'Just the man' said the Elf. 'The very man. Our list is in danger of 
being destroyed, Harry. Your moment has come at last'.
Harry blanched.
'I - well, I -' he spluttered. 'I'm just...Harry..'


'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than 
our abilities', said a remorseless fan.
'V-very well,' said Harry, 'I'll - I'll get ready...' 
He left the room, but was followed at a distance by a suspicious 
group of list members and List Elves, who halted outside his 
dormitory. There seemed to be a lot of activity going on inside. They 
could hear scraping, thumps and hurried footsteps. They threw open 
the door.


'Oh..my fans..List elves..' said Harry 'I am rather busy at the 
moment..' 
They surveyed a scene of hurried packing.
'Are you going somewhere ?' they said.
'Er, well, yes..urgent call.. unavoidable..got to go, due in another 
parallel universe..my agent, Philip Pullman, you know, just called..'
'What about our list, our precious community ?' said a fan, 
jerkily. 'Its all about you'.
'Well, as to that - most unfortunate' said Harry, avoiding their eyes.
'You are the Boy That Lived' said a List Elf, 'You can't go now ! Not 
with all the dark stuff going on here !'
'Well, I must say..when I took the job..' Harry muttered, 'nothing in 
the job description..didn't expect...'


'You mean you are running away ?' said a listee 
disbelievingly. 'After all that stuff you did in your books?'
'Books can be misleading' said Harry delicately. 'Do use your common 
sense. My books wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't 
think I'd done all those things. But its been a lot of work, all the 
same.. if you want fame, you have to be prepared for a long hard 
slog'. He looked around the list, took in the piles of parchment, the 
wide expanse of Theory Bay, the songs, the wild, mad complete 
nonsense of it all.'

'Let's see.' he said, 'only one thing to be done.. if there's one 
thing I pride myself on its my Memory Charms'.
He pulled out his wand and turned to them. But the listees and the 
Mods were ready for him.
'Expelliarmus !' they bellowed. 'Shouldn't have taught us that one' 
they said furiously.
Harry gazed desperately around him, but nobody came to the rescue. He 
didn't look remotely handsome any more. His lip was trembling, and in 
the absence of his usually toothy grin he looked weak-chinned and 
weedy.

'What d'you want me to do?' said Harry. 'I don't know where this 
person-who-must-not-be-named is'.
'You're in luck' said a tough-looking Mod. 'We think we do'. And they 
marched Harry out of his dormitory and out into cyberspace.

'Right' said Kneasy, whose nostrils were flared. 'that's got him out 
from under our feet'. He paused. 'And now' he said, ' and now that 
Harry is the only thing between our list and total oblivion, perhaps 
we can re-open the question as to whether or not he should use every 
Unforgiveable Curse he can get his hands on, and then some ?'

Like the Cheshire cat, Kneasy's evil grin lingered for some time 
after he had slipped back into the shadows.

Carolyn
With many apologies to JKR and, of course, Kneasy, whose longed-for 
grande guignol ending was never meant to include us as well, was it ? 
(Pauses uncertainly).