Godric's Sword and Voldemort's Defeat

[cubfanbudwoman]

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Terpnurse said:
> > My thinking is more along the lines of the emotional - that 
> > Harry will use (ugh!) Love to vanquish Voldemort. I'm not fond of
> that, but to me it seems the way it's going to go down.
 
Becky:
> I tend to agree that Love (no ugh!, so long as she keeps her normal
> not too sappy style for us) will be a major theme in the final
> showdown. As I was rereading the prophecy, I noticed that the 
> word "a" <snip> ...as we have seen Love help him so many times 
> before (fawkes' appearances representing dumbledore's love, lily's 
> sacrifice, the love for sirius repelling voldemort, even Neville's 
> loyalty to Harry buying the order time to get to the department of 
> mysteries), it will come into play in the final moments, with 
> either a surge of everyone's love for Harry saving
> him or spurring him into his final sacrifice of himself for them.


SSSusan:
Thanks, Becky, for pointing out that we have seen JKR bring up the 
Love Stuff before and that she HAS managed to keep from being too 
sappy while doing so.  

On the other hand, my personal thought is that the power is 
*Sacrificial* Love, not just Love.  Almost everyone is capable of 
Love, which obviously makes it not very unique.  NOT everyone is 
capable of or willing to use Sacrificial Love, though Harry, I would 
argue, clearly is.  I think THIS is the power Voldy knows not and 
which will be his undoing.  

Your reference to "a surge of everyone's love for Harry saving him or 
spurring him into his final sacrifice" also fits quite nicely with 
this.  [If anyone has read After the End, they'll recognize this as 
how it plays out there.]

Siriusly Snapey Susan