Rowling/Lucas Dark Arts Parallelism

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 134581

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ahsonazmat" <ahsonazmat at g...> 
wrote:
>         In light of this apparent philosphical agreement between 
the 
> two stories, can we garner that Dumbledore would have lost, 
> ultimately, a one-on-one duel with Voldemort, had it not been 
> interupted the way it was in OoP? DD did say, after all, in PS, 
that Voldemort "has powers I will never have..." Can we agree, also, 
that the Dark Arts is stronger than its counterpart, when on equal 
ground (that is to say, when there are no step-in martyrs such as 
Harry's mother)?
> 

Tonks:
I guess on the surface one could say that it would *seem* that the 
dark side would win in a one on one fight where the force of Love 
was not present.  But the force of Love is what makes the difference 
between the two forces of good and evil.  The side of the Light, the 
good, because of its Love has compassion and this is why there are 
things that LV would do that DD would never do, because DD is Love.

We see the force of Love present throughout the books, not just in 
the big sacrifices of Lily and, IMO, DD, but in the small everyday 
things as well.  Look at Fleur and the way she accepts the fact that 
her soon to be husband is maimed for life.  Many women would not do 
that.  (And how many men would do that if it were the other way 
around? I don't what to get into a sexist debate here, but just 
think about it.)

The greater power, the power that can overturn the forces of pure 
evil is not a power that is stronger in the way we normally think of 
strength.  Most people think of *strength* as something harder, 
louder, harsher, etc.  But real *power* comes like the morning dew, 
like cats paws, like the smile of a small child, like the twinkle in 
an old man's eyes.  Love is quieter, softer, gentler, than Evil.  
And this is why its strength is discounted and underestimated by 
LV.  The greater power is the power that seems to the world to be 
the lesser power. But it is in fact the greatest power in all the 
worlds.  It is the power that Harry has within him that will 
overcome LV even when Harry has not learned all of the Dark arts or 
even DADA.  Like the song says "all you need is Love"
  Real Love 
conquers all.  

Tonks_op