Harry's bit of Voldy (apologies to Snow)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 123321


> Finwitch:
> And the fact that Voldemort lost it - all powers except for the
> ability to possess... Perhaps because Lily's love prevented that 
> power from entering into Harry - after all, Harry's great love for 
> Sirius was what kept Voldemort from possessing him.
> 
> Dungrollin:
> (Sorry, by the way: I always seem to be disagreeing with you, 
> Finwitch.)  I'm not sure that Voldy being unable to possess Harry 
is 
> really analogous to Harry being able to receive the power to 
possess 
> from Voldy. Why did Lily's sacrifice only protect him from that and 
> not from being a Parselmouth?
  
Because ability to converse with snakes is not a dark art - even if 
many who had it were dark wizards. It's simply a language which some 
rare wizards and all snakes can speak, that's all. Possession, OTOH, 
as it eats away the (soul of) Possessed Being to death is too dark to 
get trough the Light of Love.
 

> Dungrollin:
> Hmm, not convinced by this one either, I'm afraid.  If Voldy now 
has 
> Harry's powers that should include the power that "the Dark Lord 
> knows not", which would either have killed him because it's 
> incompatible with general Voldyness, or would mean he shouldn't 
have 
> had any difficulties in possessing Harry in the MoM.

Finwitch:

The prophecy says 'power the dark lord knows not' - it doesn't 
say 'power the dark lord has not'. Voldemort simply didn't know that 
power existed in Harry.

Of course, the powers LV got by Harry's blood - well, that doesn't 
reach to any powers Harry gained *later on*.

And Sirius had a great deal to do with that.

just before Voldemort attempted the possession, Sirius fell trough 
the Veil (or Harry thinks he did). The extreme emotions - which 
happened to be rising during the year simply weren't there when 
Voldemort took the blood, because Harry was too young - and strongest 
among those was Harry's love for Sirius, greatly amplified due to 
grief and loss.

Ah.. Emotional pain. Voldemort can deal easily with physical pain - 
like a crucio - but emotional pain, now that he cannot stand. It's a 
funny sort of power- demonic entities like Voldemort can't stand the 
pain included. (and Harry's not very good at dealing with it either, 
but at least Harry's *learning* how...).

Finwitch