Voldemort: Between Life and Death?

[jekatiska]

No: HPFGUIDX 111185

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jekatiska" <mauranen at y...> wrote:
> > Inkling now:
> 
> > Yes, and I fully expect that the magic of being deeply human will 
> > trump the so-called superhuman magic in the end. (Or I'll be really 
> > mad at JKR!)  One (hopefully) prophetic event: Harry was able to 
> > throw off Voldy's possesion by recalling his love for Sirius.
> 
> I think we can safely rely on that. Haven't we seen enough pointers in
> the previous books? None of the tasks Harry&co have accomplished, the
> obstacles in PS, finding out and fighting the Basilisk, rescuing
> Sirius, getting through the Triwizard Tournament, the Department of
> Mysteries, have been simply about magic. There's always the humanity
> element, without which Harry would not survive. In the end it's always
> his loyalty and his "guts or whatever" that saves him, not his skill
> at waving the wand.

(Sorry, I accidentally sent the message before finishing it...)

I think this human element is (at least part of) "The Power the Dark
Lord Knows Not". He has a soul and human feelings, he can feel love
and loyalty and mercy etc. which Voldemort can't. Voldemort fears and
despises such feelings, and sees them as weakness, so he doesn't
recognise humanity as power. And I think that will be his downfall.

Jekatiska