[HPforGrownups] OOP: Re: Bad Harry? OotP Spoiler

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 62701

In a message dated 6/23/2003 9:54:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
wandererjulia at yahoo.com writes:

> Sirius's death was too fresh, but 
> even when he used it, Lestrange replied that he didn't know how to, 
> that you have to mean to and enjoy causing pain, and Harry 
> inherently, does not.  He's too good.  Even at his weakest, his 
> heart takes over, just as when Voldemort possessed him at the end.  
> I think people are overreacting to the curse, and I too was shocked 
> when he used it, but she kept getting away from everyone, and he was 
> angry, and probably at a loss as to what spell to use.  He made a 
> mistake, but he, being Harry, couldn't pull off hurting someone in 
> the end.

I don't think he was too confused. I think he was giving her a taste of her 
own, what she gave the Longbottoms. Remember Harry's reaction in GoF when he 
learned that she tortured both of Neville's parents until they went insane---and 
she gloated about it during the trial. 

---Mary


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