Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 119200


Kneasy:
> See, I know that lots of fans think or hope that 'love' is the 
> answer. I'm one of those that hopes otherwise - it's too 
> Disneyfied  for my taste. 
> 
> JKR has gone on record saying she admires courage and that one of 
> the main themes of the tale is death. Taking these into account I  
> offered the suggestion last year that the power would be some 
> variant on Life, Life Force overcoming all obstacles - or 
> something similar. It fits with what DD says about the locked 
> room. 
> 
> Consider the Dept. of Mysteries and the rooms the kids go through.
> Compare these with what DD has to say  about  what isn't in the
> Locked Room:
> "More wonderful  and more terrible than Death (the Death Chamber),
> than human intelligence (the brain tank), than the forces of nature
> (the planetary system)." 
> Throw in the paradoxes of Time as another make-weight mystery.
> 
> And when you recall that Voldy is about death (Death Eaters) and 
> by attempting immortality is trying to circumvent natural life as 
> we know it - well, I think I'm in with a fighting chance of being 
> right.

SSSusan:
I'm rather surprised there has been no response to this yet onlist, 
for it really is a fascinating view.  

Yes, I've spouted off about Sacrificial Love, and I still think I've 
got a chance to be right on that, but this is nice how you've 
incorporated some of the other rooms in the DoM, as well as Voldy 
being opposite Life with his *Death* eaters.

My one question, thoughL: Why would Life or Life Force be more 
wonderful nd **terrible** than death?

Siriusly Snapey Susan