Fear and Valour (Long)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 104274

I jut reread OOtP! Yay it was wonderful to immerse myself in the 
Potter Universe again. I laughed and cried and was awestruck by Jo's 
incredible depth of perception again. I could rave a while longer 
because she really deserves it, but I am posting for an entirely 
different reason.

During this, my fourth or so, reading of the Department of Mysteries 
and Lost Prophecy chapters in succession I have given some deep 
thought to some paragraphs etc that have left a definite imprint.

I would like to discuss the theme 'Fear'.
In the context of these chapters there are some lightning bolts 
striking home that Fear and its very opposite, Valour will be at a 
crux of involvement in the finale of the series.

I hear you say "Of course Stupid!" but I must continue because I 
dont recall having seen or heard this matter discussed in quite the 
particular way I intend to propose. 

The first bit of Canon I would like to surmise gives us reason to 
consider this is the recurring theme throughout the books of:
"He-who-must-not-be-named".

I noted repeatedly in my reading of OOP something I found entirely 
interesting. 

First that Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange and Severus Snape, 
(note all are ones who bear the Dark Mark on their arm), 
reacted in an interesting way to Harry's lack of fear in saying 
Voldemorts name. 
They all replied with a quip something to the likes of "How dare 
you?!" and continued from thereon in a manner that had me suspecting 
they were fulfilling a duty to 'Protect the Fear of the Name'.

I will give the two examples I can think of here.

"'How come I saw through the snakes eyes if it is Voldemort's 
thoughts I am sharing?'
'Do not say the Dark Lord's name !' spat Snape.
There was a nasty silence.....
....'Professor Dumbledore says his name' said Harry quietly.
'Dumbledore is an extremely powerful wizard' Snape muttered 'While 
he may feel secure enough to use the name .... the rest of us ....' 
he rubbed his left forearm, apparently unconciously, .... "

Note the UNCONCIOUS factor involved in Snapes touching of his mark !

"'You dare speak his name?' whispered Bellatrix.
'Yeah,' said Harry maintaining his tight grip on the glass ball, 
expecting another attempt to bewitch it from him. 'Yeah, I've got no 
problem saying Vol-'
'Shut your mouth!' Bellatrix shrieked.........

Note two important details. One that Harry was expecting another 
attempt at bewitching the orb from him, which didnt happen. And two 
that Bellatrix' apparent priority newly became to prevent 
him 'Saying it again'.

We already know that the 'Fear' is a large part of the source of 
LV's power, but really we only establish that unofficially, because 
no exact canon we have lifted so far supports that LV specifically 
means to establish and *directly* maintain it to the nth degree 
because he would have no power without it. 

Invariably we agree that the "Dark Lord" would be powerless if 
someone was to take away the fear, which brings me to my next point.

I have always found curious to ponder, as I am sure we have all 
done, How much has been unsaid about the 'Fear' of saying "You know 
who's' name".

I sit on the fence of two suppositions here not because I cannot 
decide but because I think it may be a bit of both.

Again with the one, twos....

One the adage of "Speak of the Devil and he will appear.." 
Its not canon but suffice to say I am pretty sure some similar 
superstition is held by the WW and is also likely to be the real 
deal there. 
Meaning of course; If you say his name, he will come. Make no 
mistake about that.

Two of course that "The fear of the name increases the fear of the 
thing itself."
 
I think that these, lets call them spellforms, are more powerful as 
a combination than on their own. AND that LV is working both sides 
of the fence in some kind of "complex spell model".

BTW and FYI everybody "complex spell models" ARE canon. 
see OWLs in OOtP its page 630 in my own version, and is mentioned as 
Harry is attempting to dream before his Transfiguration exam.
 
So to this point I have addressed an argument that Voldemort is 
using a "complex spell model" combining at least two forms of 
powerful magic upon the masses to concrete his dominion of the 
wizard world. 
Further I believe that he has marked his servants as servants of 
this spell. So, whether they want to or not, they WILL fulfill his 
*first priority* of maintaining to the absolute extent of their 
reaches the fear of his name. Because it is incedently ,or actually 
specifically, the one thing that makes him so damn undefeatable. 

I just want to note here before I continue that he has "marked Harry 
as his equal" consider this in the context of the marks on his 
servants.

Which brings me to my next point, Dumbledore could have killed him 
several times over in just that one night at the MOM !

He didn't. ? :-S ?

And not just that he also explained to us why.
"'...merely taking your life would not satisfy me I admit-'"

Yes, it would not. 

Which is why he has such hope in Harry, the one with the "power to 
vanquish the Dark Lord". 
Dumbledore does not believe for an instant the mere death of Tom 
Riddle could destroy the power of the Dark Lord. Tom Riddle is but a 
wizard, a man weilding a very big gun. The Dark Lord is not just the 
man, but the man AND the gun. 
To truly vanquish Voldemort all he has created in his dominion must 
be undone, completely. The Fear the Reverence the utter Awe that 
exists these are the spell that has been cast on the WW and 
whilesoever it remains Voldemort is indestructable. 
He never died when the AK backfired because of this very awesome 
unbreakable spell, if Dumbledore dropped several houses right on his 
head he would get up again and again and again because he can never 
be undone until someone unpicks the fabric of his interwoven 
omnipresent existence. 

In OOtP Hermione, inspired by Harry, began to say Voldemorts name 
aloud. 

Hermione's Valour is to be admired but also considered cautiously. 
Saying Voldemorts name is provoking him to defend his power, and 
most certainly he would. 
Hermione might defy him in this continued way but everytime she does 
she 'gives and takes' a little of his power away from him.
 
She takes his power by not fearing, and she gives him power by 
voluntarily making herself available to him as a trophy for his 
dominion that he may claim by successfully defending his terrifying 
name.
 
Now he might just take on Hermione alone, and perhaps she is 
foolhardy to venture into the scary place that is the martyrdom of 
LV's reign, but someone needs to jump first to make way for the 
others to follow. If the entire WW was to begin "Voldemorting" this 
and that right now, Dumbledore could throw Tom to the Giant Squid 
for all that it would matter. I'll make that point now because this 
leads me to my final thought on this thread.   

I have given some argument to points that Voldemort needs to 
maintain the fear of his name in the WW and that Harry has already 
picked a thread in vanquishing the massive multifunctional spell 
that is the Dark Lords Dominion.

If this job was all that was required of the great vanquisher then 
surely DD could eventually persuade enough wizards to relinquish 
their terror of the dominion and humiliate LV into oblivion. 
So why then, does Harry need to do anything?

I believe the answer to Harrys *true* part in this grand undoing is 
in the last original statement of the prophecy ie "neither can live 
while the other survives".

Harry and Voldemort are equals. 
This is because of choice*, Voldemort chose his equal. 
He marked him, as an equal.

How did this happen?
Another complex spell model that we could discuss in more detail but 
JKR already revealed the majority of its inner workings to us. What 
is not said about it is that it has a result equal to the last one.

A name.
 
(: Apparently the fates expected "Tom Genius. Super-Spell-Model-
Caster" to notice he was redoing it in reverse. And he didn't ;)

Before this, Voldemort shared his awesome existence with noone. 
He, ALONE, enjoyed the power that every mere thought of this "one 
small thing" increased his exsitence beyond his mortal self into a 
realm where no attack on his mortal body could ever destroy it. 

He tried to take Lily's baby, and then there were two.

Th problem with this power is that there is only room for one, 
ulitimately. 

If the names grew to equal power in the WW it would split and battle 
and so forth, and then of course when the battle was over the 
handful of survivors from the losing half make up the 
surviving 'power of that name' so then the name would eventually 
ressurrect and battle so on and so forth.. etc etc

Down to the last man standing, as long as the name survived, the 
other could not live because the very existence that both have is 
entirely in the names. 
 
They have both already been killed!

There is, actually, only one life left between them. 
The conjured life the amazing spellwork of their immortal names. 

Only one can have it.

Ok I am done Pelt away.   
Valky