"Power the Dark Lord Knows Not" -- Attachment

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Jen Reese wrote:
> > Why did Merope die? 

Ceridwen:
> She wouldn't use magic, not to eat, to find suitable accomodations, 
> or to get medical assistance of some form or another.
> 
> Maybe she didn't think she deserved it....  So, I think that she 
> despondently refused to help herself eat better, live better, and 
> get the best medical attention she could, which she could have done 
> through magical means.  


Mara:
I see Merope as someone who sees herself as essentially helpless.  
She had a brief moment when it occurred to her that she could use 
magic, but that didn't get her the relationship that she so longed 
for -- magic might have felt false to her.  I imagine that Tom would 
have thought of himself as magic in some way (before DD's arrival) 
and fantasized that *real* magic prevents death -- hence, his mother 
couldn't have been magic or she wouldn't have died.  It's as if he 
spends his entire life trying to make that old fantasy true.


Jen: 
> > I don't know how it will happen, but somehow Voldemort is making 
> > Harry impossible to kill by his own hands. And everything that 
> > came after Voldemort's decision about the prophecy,i.e, Lily's 
> > sacrifice, the blood charm, Sirius' sacrifice (?) etc. all make 
> > Harry even stronger. Voldemort hasn't got a chance ;).

Ceridwen:
> If it goes as outlined above, then Harry is being magically armed 
> with quite an arsenal.  ...His parents' contribution, and if 
> correct, something from Ron in SS/PS, something from Cedric in GoF, 
> and now something from Dumbledore.  (Maybe something from Ginny in 
> CoS?)  And something from Sirius beyond the Black estate, from 
> OotP.  I can't think of anything from PoA....


Mara:
I love this idea -- it mirrors a person's development over time.  I 
wonder if what Harry got from POA is the experience of feeling mercy 
or compassion for someone who has hurt him.  This may come in handy 
in book 7...

> > Jen, thanking Mara for a really great post that got her brain in 
> > gear today.
 
> Ceridwen, adding to that thanks, to both.

Nice to be here :)

Mara