Bang! You're Dead. (was:Voldemorts animus...)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 85848

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" <belijako at o...>
wrote:

> 
> Berit:
> 
> ...edited... We can see ... a hero in Harry: His ... willingness to 
> risk his own life for his friends. I just don't think, ..., that 
> that involves Harry spending the next two years learning how to MEAN 
> the cruciatus curse and the avada kedavra. ... And I for one do not 
> want a hero that has to "mean"/become evil in order to fight evil.
> 
>  ... large edit...
>
> Berit


bboy_mn:

I couldn't agree with you more. We know both from what we have read
about Harry and his actions, and from the prophecy, that '...he
(Harry) will (does) have power the Dark Lord knows not...'.

Harry already has a power superior to Voldemort, so there is no point
in Harry learning to be Voldemort's equal. Voldemort has great ability
to tourture and kill, an ability which he uses with casual easy. Why
would Harry limit himself to those abilities when he clearly has more? 

This is the great struggle of Good over Evil, virtue over immorality,
the power of love over hate. I really makes no sense for Harry to
defeat Voldemort using Voldemort's weapons.

I have speculated in the past that, in the end, it will not be a show
of raw force on Harry's part that defeats Voldemort, but an act of
compassion, of benevolence, mercy, and charity that causes Voldemort
to crumble in the face of a power he can never understand. 

We know that Voldemort must be vanquished, he must be crushed and
destroyed. Although it is only implied, I'm not so sure
Voldemort/Riddle has to be dead in the standard sense. In the OoP
battle at the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore seems to imply that
Voldemort can be destroyed in ways that are far more powerful than death.

We have all speculated on what that Harry's power might be. Some say
love, other's compassion, but regardless of the specific power, I
think it is safe to say that generally, it is the power of something
good. Although, I confess I haven't been able to pin it down yet, or
figure how it will play out in the final battle. But, I really can't
see the whole series ending with Harry saying, 'Bang! You're dead.'

I think Harry will defend himself without hesitation and by whatever
means necessary, but like all guys who wear white hats, he will not
kill his enemy once his enemy has fallen and lays defenseless on the
ground. I think in that 'fallen' moment, some act based on this power
that Voldemort knows not, Harry will triumph with the pure essense of
'good'.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn