you CAN'T hurt a BABY!!!

[kellymcj2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 109798

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theredshoes86" 
<ballerinalaura at m...> wrote:
> hello all...
> 
> In the 5th book, when Harry and the gang are running from 
Voldemort's Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic, there comes a 
point when Harry wants to curse the man whose head turned into a 
baby's head and Hermione stops Harry. 
> 
> She says, "you can't hurt a baby" and then something like 'there 
was no time to argue the suggestion' follows.  
> 
> Has this particular part stuck out to anyone else???  
> 
> Could, perhaps, Harry being a baby at the time when Voldemort tried 
to kill him have anything to do with Voldemort's powers being 
destroyed???
> 
> I mean, why else would Hermione say that? the guy was a Death 
Eater, she wouldn't have minded hurting him. And there are no other 
accounts of babies being hurt in any of the books ....
> 
> ANY THOUGHTS??????

You know, it was completely out of character and really weird for her 
to say that, but I never thought to ask why JKR had Hermione say it.  
Duh on my part.  I've never considered an uncharacteristic comment as 
a clue.  Now you mention it though, it seems obvious that it must 
mean something.  

I don't think it's that babies can't be hurt though.  I'll have to go 
reread it.  Maybe attacking a baby with magic changes a wizard in a 
good/evil sort of way.  You know, like doing it takes something out 
of the witch or wizard that's integral to their being basically good 
or not so good.  Maybe once you've done it you open yourself up to a 
whole slew of negative influences or something.  Part of the making 
choices says who we are theme maybe??  Well, I'll have to think about 
it.  

kmcj