Love and Sacrifice: ultimate weapons
lunamk03
imontero at iname.com
Fri Jan 16 18:51:59 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 88933
Hi, this is the first time I post something! I apologize for any
error, you see, English is not my mother tongue ;-)
So, here I go:
There is something bugging me since I read GoF. At the end of the
book, Dumbledore tells Harry that two sister wands cannot fight
against each other. Personally, I believe that the last fight
between Harry and Voldemort won't include wands. Probably Harry
will have a lot of help from his friends along the way, but the real
final battle will be between Voldemort and Harry, since Harry is the
only one who has the power to kill Voldemort. Now, how is Harry
supposed to achieve this goal without a wand?
Dumbledore has made reference many times to a great power that Harry
holds in his heart and that is also contained in one of the Department
of Mysteries' rooms at the Ministry of Magic. This happens to be
the very same power that Voldemort lacks (and I would add, even fears).
Dumbledore refers to it as the oldest magic known to wizards, whose
powers go beyond magic as wizards know it. At the end, this is the
power that Harry will use to vanquish Voldemort, and here wands are
useless.
There is another hint in GoF. When Harry tells Dumbledore the story
of how Voldemort used his blood to come back to life, Dumbledore
seems to have a «glitter of triumph » on his eyes. Now Voldemort and
Harry have another "string" that ties them to each other: they share
the same blood, and that is going to be more dangerous for Voldemort
than for Harry. Let's not forget that Harry's blood still bears the
charm made by Lily.
In TOP (OoP), Voldemort tries to possess Harry. At that very moment,
Harry decides not to resist this invasion but to wish he died to see
his dead Godfather again. When Harry experiences this feeling of love,
Voldemort is not able to fight the power of Harry's feelings and
has to leave Harry's body. Dying is a sacrifice that Harry is more
than willing to do for a very important reason: love. Likewise,
Harry's mother used love and sacrifice as the most potent weapon to
stop Voldemort from killing baby Harry.
All this allusions to love and sacrifice makes me suspect that at the
end, there is going to be only one power strong enough to vanquish
Voldemort, that will be the very same power that stopped him from
killing Harry and from possessing him in the first place: love. Love
is the trigger of the ultimate weapon: sacrifice.
So far, I think that Harry will kill Voldemort by sacrificing himself
for love. I am convinced (and I sincerely hope that I am wrong) that
Sacrifice is the weapon that Harry will use to kill Voldemort. By
shedding his own blood for love, he is going to start a chain
reaction in Voldemort, the same blood that Voldemort used to return
to life will burn him to death. What kind of sacrifice Harry will
have to do?, What is the role Harry's eyes will play in the end?
We will probably have to wait until book seven is published. Will
Harry die? I am not sure, if he does live after this, his ultimate
sacrifice will probably release him from his « malediction »
and will change him forever in a very unexpected way
"lunamk03"
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