OOP-Dumbledore's "gleam"

owlery2003 owlery2003 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 3 23:25:13 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 67250

I think this goes to the mysteries to come. I'm not sure Harry 
will "kill" Voldy in the same sense as the evil characters kill. 
It's obvious that DD's been sheltering Harry to give him a chance to 
get acclimated to the wizarding world, his own powers, and the 
political climate. In OOP, Harry's come of age, and begun dealing 
with the frustration and uncertainty of his situation. His lashing 
out is spontaneous (and maybe prompted in part by Voldy himself). 
But it's not very likely DD's been saving Harry as a the series A-
bomb he plans to drop. DD has always shown mercy and restraint, and 
is instilling that attitude in Harry. I keep thinking of the Gollum 
analogy, but lots of people forget that Frodo actually failed his 
test at the end of LOTR and only Gollum's greed saved the day after 
all. I think JK may have a similar twist in store for Harry. 
Maybe "love will conquer all" and Harry's greatest weapon over Voldy 
won't involve an unforgiveable curse or wielding a secret weapon 
that destroys his enemy in the conventional way.






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