Why Fret About Voldemort Considering Riddle?

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 106013

>>> Louis Badalament wrote:
> Alright, here's something I don't understand...
> 
>    In Book 5, Harry feels guilty about the possibility that he'll 
> kill Voldemort;
> ---
> "It was very hard to believe as he sat here that his life must 
> include, or end in, murder..."
> ---
> But my question is... why?  Why does he even *feel* this guilt?  
> Remember book 2?  He killed Tom Riddle easily enough.  He was, in 
> fact, rather proud of the accomplishment, even years later... 
> [snipping rest of the relevant points] <<<


Brenda now:

I have always considered this as the fact that Harry just realized he 
is indeed the Marked One. More like Harry registering the shock that 
his legacy is far beyond 'normal'. Not because some psychopath 
cockroach!crook went even madder and decided to come after some 
random teenager boy who looks like him, but because it had been pre-
destined and prophecized that this is HArry's faith -- either the 
victim or the murderer. Also, Harry learning the prophecy (and giving 
him the idea that he must kill Voldemort somehow) makes him plan out 
the murder, either consciously or unconsciously. In case of Memory!TR 
or Bellatrix after Sirius' death, it was the case of self defence OR 
heat-of-moment, provoked anger that filled him up with murderous 
intentions. I'm not saying it will not be self-defence when Harry 
kills Voldemort at the end (IF he does, that is). But now that Harry 
has learned the true nature of his destiny, he is bound to ponder on 
this. And this will make the final murder more cold-blooded in nature 
than the previous hot-blooded ones (intentions).


Brenda