Love: the Opposite horcrux

[zehms at aol.com]

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> Steve wrote:  
> Let me propose a hypothetical showdown between Harry and Voldemort.
> Voldemort pulls his new wand and says 'Avada Kadavra' while
> simultaneously Harry pulls his wand and say 'I love you'. Who is
> likely to win? (Assuming we ignore the Brother Wand affect for the
> moment.) Love is great but it's doesn't always keep you from
> dying. 



Szehms replies:

I think you are taking the 'love' angle too literally. 

 I agree with Jen that 'love' will save Harry in the end, the running theme 
of the series is the power of love, not the power of the avada curse.

However, I do not think that Harry will 'love' Voldemort to death....I think 
that love will manifest itself in a uniquely magical way thus destroying 
Voldemort once and for all.

Lily shielded Harry, when LV attempted to kill Harry after first killing her, 
he discovered that Lily's act of love manifested itself in a uniquely magical 
way, thus saving Harry's life and reducing LV to the 'meanest ghost' or what 
we often refer to as Vapormort.

Now I wonder....JKR states that everything in the magical world has a n equal 
an opposite action...does a horcrux also have an equal and opposite?


The Opposite Horcrux? 

Can an act of pure love (like an act of pure evil) be encapsualted into 
something as equally powerful as a horcrux? Does an supreme act of pure love affect 
the soul in an opposite manner as an act of supreme evil?
What would the embodiment of this act of pure love be?
We know that lily's act of "love", sacraficing her life for his, essentially 
created Voldemort's nemesis in Harry. When the curse rebounded Voldemort 
inadvertedly transferred his powers to Harry and gave Harry a "magical window" into 
Voldemort's mind, these tools have been and will continue to be essential for 
Harry's successful attempts in thwarting Voldemort. 

Did Lily's sacrafice, did her supreme act of love create in Harry the 
embodiment of an opposite horcrux capable of destroying a mortal Voldemort?

The essential act in the creation of a horcrux is MURDER, murder according to 
JKR essentially tears one's soul, the evil act rips a piece of one's soul, 
scarring the soul for eternity.
The Horcrux encapsulates that damned piece of soul into an object so that the 
murderer can achieve immortality. Yes, Voldemort has life because of his 
horcruxes, a cursed existence, but an existence nonetheless.

Voldemort created a horcrux because he fears death. It is that simple. He 
will go to any lengths to achieve and maintain his power; he will murder 
innocents, he will even damn his own soul in order to achieve "immortality." 

So what is the opposite of a horcrux? What is as good as the horcrux is evil?

Lily's act of love is the opposite of Voldemort's act of hate, which is why 
the Avada curse rebounded that night in Godric's Hollow. Lily, unlike 
Voldemort, cared more for the life of someone other than herself, Lily was willing to 
face death bravely in the hopes of saving her son. Lily had a fear greater than 
her own death, she loved her son more than she loved her own life. 

Another opposite of Voldemort is of course Dumbledore. Throughout the series 
Dumbledore tells us that the fear of death is Voldemort's greatest weakness, 
and of course it was Voldemort's fear that lead him to Godric's Hollow that 
night and led to his temporary demise and the creation of the very nemesis he was 
hoping to eliminate that night-so Dumbledore was right.

The opposite of Voldemort's desperate act of horcrux creation is dumbledore's 
graceful acceptance of death when he knew his time was ending on earth. 
Dumbledore was wise enough to know that death was just the next great adventure, 
and he had led his life in such a way that he had no fear of the next life 
beyond the veil. Perhaps Voldemort knows what awaits him behind the veil and that 
is another reason why is so desperate to avoid his reckoning.

I believe Harry has been deeply touched by two people that were living 
"opposites" of Voldemort: Lily and Dumbledore. Through these characters we see  the 
opposite of Voldemort.
The opposite of the hateful and depraved murders commited by Voldemort is 
Lily's sacrafice of her life for Harry: instead of killing to extend one's own 
life, Lily ended her life early to protect the life of one more precious.


The opposite of Voldemort's Horcrux curses which allow his soul to be 
immortal while damning and ripping his soul, is Dumbledore's graceful acceptance of 
death, I believe the release of the phoenix is symboloic of the release of 
Dumbledore's spirit into the next life beyond the veil. Dumbledore didn't curse 
his soul by binding it to an object with the most supreme act of hate, 
Dumbledore, like Lily, sacraficed his life willingly and gracefully in order to protect 
those lives that are more precious to him than his own.

Love is magic at its deepest and most impenetrable.

Is the love that runs through his veins going to destroy the very last 
horcrux: Lord Voldemort himself?  How will this love manifest itself in Harry?

I cannot answer these questions but I think that it is very clear that the 
mystery as to how Harry will ultimately defeat LV will not be solved with a 
'unforgiveable curse', I think that Harry will use the 'gifts'  (legilimency, the 
'window' into LV's mind, the ability to sense his feelings, parceltongue) LV 
unknowingly passed to him because Lily 'loved' Harry enough to giver her life 
for Harry.  I

 While I do think that the mysterious door in the Dept. of Mysteries could 
provide a clue.....  

I wouldn't be surprised if what saved Harry was not so simple we all should 
have seen it coming.  DD told Harry over and over that his greatest gift was 
his ability to 'love' despite the hardships of his life, and that 'love' is 
magic at its deepest and most impenetrable.....

Jen was right when she pointed out all the people who 'love' Harry and who 
are loyal to him, their love for him will surely help him in his future quest, I 
also think we could be very surprised by Snape (although those who believe 
Snape is loyal to DD may not be as surprised), I do think that Snape will save 
Harry's life at some point-this may not be an act of love FOR Harry, but an act 
driven by love and loyalty for DD or Lily.

Yes, I do think love and the manifestations of love will save Harry and 
destroy LV, I think anything less would not be in concert with the theme of the 
series.

Szehms