OOP: The unknown power

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 119074



> > Ignatia_wildfire wrote:
> > > I think it was obvious from the way Dumbledore
> > > spoke - I believe the power Harry has that
> > > Voldemort will never have is LOVE...
> > 
> Christopher replied:
> > I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I
> > really, really hope not.  If that were so, it 
> > would make the series fake, Disneylike, cartoonish, 
> > trite, cliche, and so forth.
> 
> 
> Now here I go-Juli-:
> I have to agree with Christopher, I'd hate if this
> power turned out to be love, it's just tacky and
> corny, like a children story, say Cinderella, The 3
> Little Bears and so many others. I know HP is a
> children's book and everything, but I think they're
> beyond that. 
> 

Pippin:

This reminds me of a character in C.S. Lewis who complained 
that religion was nothing but  "stained glass piety" -- then he 
remembered what stained glass was really like.  I think JKR is a 
strong enough writer to make us remember what love is really 
like. 

Pippin