love conquers all

[sofdog_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 104652

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "drcarole71" <drcarole71 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I don't think it fits the prophecy, but I think it would be 
> interesting if "neither can live while the other survives" referred 
> to concepts rather than to people.  
> If you use love and hate as examples, the prophecy could be 
> interpreted as "neither (love nor hate) can live while the other 
> survives." 
> By the way, is the love-magic protecting Harry from his mother 
alone, 
> or does it include love for others or love for humanity?  Is it 
> possible that it isn't Harry specifically that could kill 
Voldemort, 
> but love in general, which Harry has "in such quantities, but 
> Voldemort has not at all?"  
> Could Voldemort/Tom Riddle somehow feel love in the last book, 
> killing Voldemort and leaving Riddle alive?  For that matter, is 
> there anyone Riddle could love?  Is he capapble of love?
> 
> Carole


SOF: 

The countercharm protecting Harry is specifically his mother's love. 
It doesn't depend on anything else. The charm protecting Harry in the 
care of his relatives is specifically built on Aunt Petunia's blood 
relationship to Lily Potter. It doesn't depend on emotions or 
attitudes or anything else. 

Your questions about love and Voldemort are interesting. I think that 
Harry is the only person with the opportunity and ability to 'infect' 
Voldemort with love. He is the only person about whom Voldemort is 
actually connected. Harry being the flip-side of the coin, his grief 
over losing Sirius Black may possibly have struck a distant chord 
with Voldemort. Both were orphans with only Hogwarts and wizard 
friends to sustain them. And unloving relatives in the world. 

Interesting question.