OOP: Comments, Questions, and Thoughts (religion ment and spoilers aplenty)

[four4furies]

No: HPFGUIDX 63145

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ravenclaws_luna_lovegood" 
<cottoncandyisyummy at h...> wrote:
> M!ndy-
> > 
> > * Why in heaven's name did DD let VM go right there at the duel 
in 
> the
> > lobby of the MoM? 
> Harry wouldn't know how to finish Voldemort off! Maybe now that 
Harry 
> knows that he's gotta hunt or be hunted, Dumbledore might help 
Harry 
> in training for the final showdown.

According to the prophecy, Dumbledore could not have finished VM off 
if he wanted to.  That is for Harry to do.  DD was actually 
frightened when he entrapped VM in the crystalized water prison, only 
for VM to escape by disappearing.  DD did not know what to expect 
after that.  He Might have been enough to defeat a mortal Grindelwald 
50 years earlier, but he is no match for TOm VM.

Nor is HArry.  Harry couldn't even do a Cruciatus curse right now.  
Harry's big challenge is that he must become a killer.  DD's big 
conundrum is how to make Harry a killer and yet maintain his humanity.

This makes for the most interesting moral dilemna of the remaining 
books, can anyone so young train to kill, and not be permanently and 
negaively affected?  What kind of person can go into battle with the 
sole intention of depriving another of life, and call himself good?  
And can Harry manage to kill in clod blood, or will he have to 
maintain his anger about his parents, Sirius and the cupboard under 
the stair until he finishes the job?  Which motivation will make him 
more effective, which is more corrosive?  Will he ever recover?

I cant wait to find out. MAF