Prophecy and Choice

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 97630

Alla:
  
> It is  a strong possibility that Harry will defeat Voldie with the 
> force, which Dark Lord does not know anything about, right?
> So, suppose the said power is indeed Love and say "same but in 
> essence divided" are Voldie and Tom.
> 
> What if Harry somehow will force Tom remember the power of Love? I 
am 
> not saying that Harry will love and forgive him (Harry is 
definitely 
> not a Saint and to forgive the murder of his parents will be close 
to 
> impossible, IMO), maybe Tom will remember that his mother loved 
him , 
> something like that?
> 
> What Tom will do after that? Your guess is as good as mine.
> 
K, I'd like to make two points.  1) Harry didn't necessarily 
forgive PP outright, but he did show him mercy, and IIRC, didn't DD 
say something about that...re: HP sending LV a follower who's now in 
debt to not just a "mixed-blood" wizard, but THE young wizard who 
caused LV's downfall in the first place?  Meaning that maybe HP 
doesn't have to forgive, just show compassion.  I mean, Sirius was 
ready to kill Peter for James and Lily's deaths, plus Sirius lost so 
much of his life in Azkaban paying for Peter's crimes, that of course 
he'd want to become the murderer he was accused of being, just to get 
justice/revenge.  Remus was also ready to kill Peter b/c of this, 
(though with all you out there who like to believe in the ESE!Lupin, 
perhaps Remus would have had a different motivation for wanting Peter 
dead).  And Harry, who lost his parents b/c of Peter, who never knew 
his godfather b/c of Peter, and whose godfather had to suffer 
horribly b/c of Peter (not only prison but guilt and the loss of 
friends, etc.)nonetheless showed Peter mercy.  (On a related note, 
knowing that Peter gets away at the end of PoA and that Sirius' name 
doesn't get cleared, that Harry has to continue living w/ the 
Dursleys, etc., I often wonder (hindsight and all) if "I" would have 
killed Peter given the chance).

Anyways... 2)Tom's not a pureblood either.  Maybe that's where the 
LV/TR reconciliation will come.  It seems to me that LV would think 
that compassion from HP would be revolting and moreover, a sign of 
weakness, but the part of him that's still TR might be moved by HP's 
compassion enough to make LV unstable, not so powerful, first crack 
in the dam, so to speak.  Mercy at the hands of his enemies might 
make him question his actions.  And remember, we don't know why TR, 
not a pureblood, goes on this purist kick in the first place.  What 
is HIS motivation for killing m#%bloods?
>
Susan (teilani) who really hopes the theories re:ESE!Lupin are wrong.