Love and Trust: LV vs DD (was Re: Resignation & Book 7 Predictions)

[delwynmarch]

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Spherissa wrote:
"And Albus Dumbledore was always meant to have a fatal flaw: his
abundant capacity to love."

Marisa replied (I snipped):
"Over and over again, throughout the series, JKR (thru DD) emphasies
the power of love, its "ancient" magical qualities and how LV
underestimates it time and time again. In fact, it was Harry's
"ability to feel love" that saves him at the end of OoTP.

I cannot, for one moment, consider that JKR would allow DD be the fool
for his ability to love. She does not wish to send the message that
love was DD's downfall. How could she?"

Del concurs:
I completely agree.

Several times through the series, JKR made the point that Love is an
extremely powerful force, more powerful than most (any?) other forms
of magic.

In OoP, she emphasized that point again, by making Love the One Force
that can drive LV away, and by having DD explain to Harry that Harry's
ability to love is his greatest strength, while LV's inability to love
is his greatest weakness.

And finally in HBP, JKR reinforces once again the importance of love,
and she also points out that LV doesn't trust anybody.

So basically, throughout the series, she made love and trust the
characteristics and strengths of the Good People, and the absence
of love and trust the characteristics and weaknesses of the Bad People.

And now, just because Snape killed DD *for reasons unknown to us*, we
are supposed to believe that DD's abilities to love and trust were his
*weaknesses*??

I don't think so.

But obviously that's just my opinion :-)

Del