Good moral core (Re: Dirty Harry/Clean Harry)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117222


Geoff wrote :
"So, if Harry had opened the Chamber and then gone off to find 
Dumbledore at al. they might have arrived in the Chamber to find 
Ginny dead and Voldemort Mk.II waiting for them....."

Del replies :
I don't think so. First because Harry himself took quite some time on
the way to the Chamber (the Lockhart incident slowed him down quite a
bit), and also because Ginny lasted long enough for Harry and Tom to
have their lengthy show-down.

I don't think it would have taken that long to go and get DD and the
teachers, who would then have rushed to the Chamber. DD would have
instantly recognised Tom, and he might have been able to dispose of
him right away.

Not as fun, granted, but completely possible in my opinion.

Morever, this point isn't even valid as far as *Harry's decision* is
concerned, since Harry didn't even know if Ginny was still alive
anyway, and he for sure had no way of knowing about her life being
transferred into Tom. Harry was only *hoping* that Ginny hadn't been
killed yet, and since she'd been there for a while already, he had no
reasonable reason not to go and get DD and the others. Getting himself
and Ron killed (which was the most likely outcome) would not help
Ginny. And expecting anything good from Lockhart was, well, a bit
naive. If Lockhart had to be forcefully sent down the slide, how could
Harry expect him to fight ? Especially considering the high level of
incompetence he'd shown all year long.

Del