The Second Voldemort War, Stage II

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No: HPFGUIDX 91163

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> Jen: Uh-oh, you know what that means if this is all true--Harry is 
> growing weaker, or at least he was prior to the end of OOTP. 
Perhaps 
> that's why it was so easy for LV to access Harry's mind once he 
> discovered the connection? Now Harry has protection again because 
of 
> the Power he possesses, making it very difficult for LV to drain 
his 
> life-force for the moment. How will the pendulum swing next? Or 
> maybe what we see now is stasis, reminiscent of the two wands 
locked 
> in battle just prior to Harry moment of triumph in the graveyard.

Kristen butting in again (this is the 1st thread in a while that has 
grabbed my attention)
A very interesting theory about sharing life force.  What canon are 
you thinking of to illustrate that Harry was weakened in OOP?  I 
can't think of any evidence of that.  He was more emotional in this 
book, but I didn't see that as a weakness.  He was upset that Sirius 
died, but DD said..."On the contrary...the fact that you can feel 
pain like that is your greatest strength."  

If the ending of this really does mirror the scene with the shared 
wand cores then the takeaway from that scene is that when Harry puts 
his mind to it, he is more powerful than LV (i.e. forcing the thread 
back into LV's wand) - probably because his 
love/emotions/courage/whatever make him stronger.  LV, who doesn't 
buy into love and friendship or anything beyond his own self, cannot 
overpower that.  Overall a pretty nice message for a septology :).

Kristen