OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!

[mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 63980


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Gregory Carr" <gcarr at n...> 
wrote:
>   --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw"
>   <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
>   > Hey!  Wow - we made it!  I am still digesting it all and am
>   currently
>   > on my second read.  I have some burning questions, though and
>   wonder
>   > what you all think.
>   
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>   >> 2. What do you think of Harry using Crucio on Bellatrix?  This 
was
>   a big shock to me.
> 
>   Me:
>   I was not that shocked. I think Harry was just doing what any 
trained
> auror would have done in the same circumstance. Remember, Bellatrix 
is a
> known user of the unforgivables, particularly the cruciatus curse 
in the
> torture of the Longbottoms. I think Harry believed, ( and I do 
too), that
> she would have had no problem using it on him. So kudos to Harry, 
shoot
> first or be shot.
> 
>   Just my two sickles worth.
> 
>   rastabana.

I agree with rastbana. I also think he did it more for neville than 
anything, to give Bellatrix a taste of her own cruelty. I think harry 
more than anyone in the D.A. could sympathize with Neville about his 
parents. Although Frank and Alice Longbottom are not dead as Lily and 
James are they are worse ,not knowing who they are or anything. I 
think Harry feels a little protective of Neville more so than anyone 
else. Just my opinion.

ravenclawmandy