Harry the Auror

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No: HPFGUIDX 89333

Del:
> We're not talking about just hurting someone. We're talking about 
> *torturing* someone. That's why the Cruciatus is an Unforgivable. 
> Harry went through it, he knows what it does, and he still wanted to 
> apply it to another human being. That shows he's got no compassion 
> and no self-restraint. 
  
Geoff:
> Come off it, Del. If Harry had no compassion or self-restraint, he 
> would have tried to go for "Avada Kedavra". He was boiling mad; he 
> wanted to get back in some way at Bellatrix but did he really, 
> really, deep down want to kill her? 

Jenza:
Coming out of lurking just to add my 2 knuts.  I agree with Geoff, 
and I have this to add...Harry had just witnessed Bellatrix murder 
his godfather.  I don't know if you've ever had anyone do violence to 
anyone in your family, but coming from a situation like this myself, 
I can completely understand Harry's feelings *in that moment*.  It's 
easy to say that wanting to hurt or torture a fellow human being is 
wrong and shows no self restraint, but I promise, just after 
something like this, your emotions are completely raw.  It is a hurt 
that is unexplainable and rational thoughts are not going through 
your head.  The fact that Harry tried to curse Bellatrix with an 
Unforgivable curse, which is something so out of character for him, 
and *failed* shows that he really didn't want to hurt her.  There was 
a time just after the death of a family member that my emotions were 
so raw, I felt that I wanted to hurt the person who caused this 
pain.  Now that I've had time to reconcile my feelings, I feel it's 
not my place to do so and I know that wanting to hurt this person was 
wrong.  I see Harry being in the same situation, only he had the 
chance to act on those raw feelings, and I didn't. And I think that 
perhaps later on, he will realize that trying to curse Bellatrix was 
wrong, however his feelings were human and justified.

back to lurking...
Jen (who sympathizes with Harry greatly, but wishes he weren't such a 
snotty teen sometimes...)