The emotion

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 72392

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
wrote:
> While rereading OOP I noticed something I hadn't really taken note 
of before (don't we always?).  At the end of OOP, when Voldemort is 
trying to possess Harry, he is thinking that he wants to die, then 
thinks to himself that he will be with Sirius.  When he thinks of 
Sirius, his heart fills with emotion and Voldemort is forced to leave 
him.  
> 
> Now, my question is what emotion filled Harry's heart there?  
Love?  I suppose that's the simple answer, but from my experience 
when a loved one has just died love isn't the emotion I would feel 
there.  More like sorrow or grief.    So what was it exactly that 
made Voldemort leave?  I know Dumbledore said it's because Harry was 
filled with a force that Voldemort detests.  And I am assuming that 
the force is that which filled Harry's heart at the moment he thought 
of Sirius, and Voldemort had to leave.  But what was it?  Emotion in 
general?  Or a specific emotion, like love or compassion?
> 
> Richelle

I think it was a complex of emotions, love, overpowering desire, and 
willingness to die in order to be with the person he most loved. 
People will argue that Harry barely knew Sirius, in fact someone just 
did. But that doesn't change his feelings for Sirius. We all have a 
need to love and be loved. We don't have a built-in meter that 
says "Okay, you've known that bloke long enough to love him." As 
someone just said in another post, Harry's love for Sirius was 
unconditional. The times they had been together were jam-packed with 
meaning and feeling, at least before OOP. When Harry saw Sirius in 
GOF, he could be sure Sirius was risking everything to be there. So 
when Harry begged DD to kill "them" (when he was being possesed by 
LV), it was because he cared more for Sirius and being with him than 
he did for his life. That's what LV can't fight. He has never loved 
anyone more than his own life.
Jennifer