Power the Dark Lord Knows Not

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 128131


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
> Seems like Harry either possessed the power at that time or he 
> didn't.  Even if he did, that doesn't mean that LV knew of that
> power then, or knows of it now.  If Harry didn't possess the 
> power, couldn't he gain the power at a later point?  If the series
> makes anything clear, it is that the power of a wizard 
> grows/changes over time.
> 
> It just seems that JKR wants us to assume that Harry's power to
> love and feel love is that power of which the Dark Lord know not.
> But LV knows/knew about the power of love.  He may have forgotten
> about it or discounted it, but he knew about it.  So then, how can
> that be the power that he knows not?

Jen: On the night of GH, there was also the power of ancient magic 
which LV does know, but 'underestimated--to his cost'. Knowing of a 
thing and truly understanding its power are very different, I think. 
So Voldemort trusts neither love nor ancient magic to his detriment, 
and his plan backfired because he simply waved away the importance 
of these things. 

But, I do think Harry has another power. We're still waiting on the 
mystery of his eyes to be revealed. That's an issue we've heard 
about for five books with little or no explanation, so it must be 
something big. And are his eyes connected to his ability to do 
wandless magic? Even if they are though, we found out in the duel 
between Voldemort and Dumbledore that Harry's magical skills are not 
equal to Voldemort's. Even if he has a certain magical power 
Voldemort knows not, there's still the issue that he repelled 
Voldemort from possessing him out of his love for Sirius.

Harry also has an ability to unite people against Voldemort, and 
call to him the people and objects he needs in the moment he is on 
the verge of being defeated by Voldemort. Call it luck, call it 
careful plotting by JKR ;), but it could also be a power he 
possesses, perhaps even connected to the mystery of his eyes. In 
moments of desperation Harry finds what he needs, four times now. It 
may be other people or creatures coming to his aid, but still, it's 
uncanny.

Jen, sorry if this posts twice.