LV never loved anyone

[tonks_op]

No: HPFGUIDX 110511

>Susan said in response to Del:

> (snip)...And I don't think you & I will ever agree on this.  
Whether JKR 
> meant "never" as in Tom's whole life, from birth 'til now, OR 
since 
> he became a cognizant individual, is one big difference we're 
working 
> from.  Also, no matter what I say, I don't think you're going to 
> believe that a child who was SHOWN no love will be able to in turn 
> SHOW love. I, on the other hand, believe that it is possible *and* 
> that JKR clearly expects him to have done so--or at LEAST to have 
> chosen the difficult, "good" choices over the ones he did choose.  
> In other words, was Tom "immoral" because he couldn't help 
himself, 
> or was he "immoral" because he CHOSE not to buy into the 
prevailing 
> system of morality.  *I* think JKR's leaning towards that 
> interpretation, along w/ his CHOOSING not to give in to 
> the "weakness" that he considered love to be.
> 
> His background, as I've said before, makes these choices more 
> understandable, but I hold to the idea of a greater ability to 
choose 
> in Tom than you do.  And I think we'll never agree on the details 
> because we don't agree on that base.
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Tonks_op responds to both:

I agree with Del. As I said before, Tom does not have the ability to 
love because of his early childhood. And if you do not have an 
ability no amount of wishing or choosing will make it so. But here 
is an additional thought..  As some have said there is a difference 
between Tom and Voldemort. Tom became Voldemort of his own choice. 
We can understand, given his background, why that would be such an 
easy choice. So does that mean that Tom/LV is doomed forever? I 
would like to think that there is a "deeper magic" that is there 
within each of us before our birth that will enable us, on a cosmic 
level, perhaps at our death, to overcome whatever hell we had in our 
earthly life. And maybe for Tom, it is not hopeless..  I do hope 
that this is true.. although it is like asking "can the devil be 
redeemed".

Tonks_op