OOP: Curses, foiled again...

[mochajava13]

No: HPFGUIDX 62324

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I was pretty disturbed that Harry wanted to kill Bellatrix.  I 
didn't like that Harry tried to use the cruciatus curse.  But he 
wasn't able to actually use it.  Remember what Bellatrix said?  That 
righteous anger couldn't hurt her, and that someone had to enjoy 
causing pain in order to work the curse properly?  I thought that 
was fairly important.  Even though Harry thought he wanted to hurt 
her, it wasn't for his own enjoyment.  It was out of his own pain, 
which makes him very different from the death eaters.  I don't think 
that Harry is going to realize this, however, and will berate 
himself for using it, as he should.  

Throughout OoP, Harry had to struggle with his anger and his 
temper.   His scar is almost constantly prickling, and he's feeling 
emotions he knows is inconsistent with situations that he is in, and 
that these emotions aren't his.  Combining these, and I think the 
anger that Harry is feeling is only partly his, and mostly 
Voldemort's.  Harry is angry at some situations, but I think this 
emotion is magnified by Voldemort.  I think this is what the 
original prophecy is talking about: that neither can live while the 
other survives.  Harry cannot live as himself as long as Voldemort 
is alive.  As long as Voldemort survives, Harry will be infected 
with Voldemort and V's emotions.  But, Harry CAN feel love, 
something that V cannot.  I think this will be the only emotion that 
Harry can be certain is his, and not V's.  I feel that this is going 
to be more and more important in the next two books, and fits in 
with the idea of choosing between what is right and what is easy.  
I'm glad that Harry is disturbed at the thought that he will have to 
murder V.  I think it shows that, as similar as he and V are 
similar, Harry's remorse over actions and his real dislike of 
hurting others that makes them different.  He wants to cause pain 
that he is feeling (something that I don't like, but is a very human 
emotion), but he doesn't want to cause pain for pain's sake.  I 
think this will be the key to destroying Voldemort.  Harry will have 
to force V to feel love.  Love is what prevents V from fully 
possessing Harry (Harry still retains his sense of self and 
remembers being possessed, unlike Ginny's descriptions of 
possession), and is the only force that protects Harry from V.  (I 
actually think this is why Harry has to be in a relationship by the 
end of the book, just because this is the one force that V 
despises.  Harry will need both familial love and romantic love to 
defeat V, at least that's what this hopeless romantic thinks!)

Notice Harry at the Dursley's: he hates Dudley.  Despises him, even 
to the point of wanting to fight him.  But he still saves Dudley 
from the dementors.   This is an excellent illustration of the fact 
that Harry acts on his emotions, and tries to hurt others out of his 
own anger and hurt, but never acts on a sadistic desire to cause 
pain.