Love: the Opposite horcrux

[zehms at aol.com]

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Steve/bboyminn:
To say 'love will conquer Voldemort' is all good and well, but how?
What are the practical aspect of it. Think of it from Harry
perspective and ask yourself if you would really send a soldier into
battle who was untrained and unarmed? Would you really be cold enough
to tell him that 'love conquers all' and send him off? 
<SNIP>
Yes, to the reader, in the end, Love can conquer all, but to a 17 year
old wizard facing insurmountable tasks, you damn well better hone your
skills and gather your resources. To do otherwise is irrational and
illogical.




szehms replies:

I think our disagreement is a matter of semantics.

I wrote a very long logical argument making the case that Love will save 
Harry IN THE END.

Your points are related more to Harry's initial journey and quest: destroying 
the horcruxes.

First of all, I think you underestimate Harry's talents.  Harry is more 
gifted than he even realizes, just because he is constantly telling others the 
"pure dumb luck" has saved him throughout his many trials in the sereis, does not 
mean that this is so.  Harry underestimates his powers, I think we will see a 
much more mature Harr in book 7, a Harry with more confidence in his abilities.

I also think that Harry is a more gifted legilimens than he knows.  I wtote 
this before, but I think that in OOTP when Harry is taking the O.W.L for the 
History of Magic, Harry is using Legilimency to help him with the test (he 
thinks to himself if only he could use Legilimency to read Pavarti's mind for the 
answers, then the answers begin to come to him as he is relaxed), other fans 
have noted other passages where Harry seesm to be reading the minds of other 
characters.

This gift of Legilimency will help him on his quest.

I also believe his rare to speak  ability Parceltongue will help him.

He also just seems to know what to do in dangerous situations, IMO this is a 
gift, not luck.  

I do believe that being the son of two extraordinarily gifted wizards while 
also possessing the unique talents of the  powerful Voldemort (along with a 
unique connection to his feelings and thoughts) have created in Harry an 
extremely gifted and powerful wizard: he is uniquely qualified to destroy Voldemort, 
and IMO to discover Voldemorts secrets, thus discover the horcruxes.  I think 
we have not yet learned how very powerful his connection to LV is, could this 
connection help him to just 'know' how to destroy these horcruxes LIKE HE JUST 
KNEW HOW TO DESTROY THE DIARY REMNANT?

I think we cannot underestimate Harry's connection to DD, if Harry can learn 
to channel this, I think he can really have an edge, IMO he will learn to 
manipulate this connection to his advantage.

Also, Harry's powerful and dedicated friends will certainly help Harry in his 
quest.  Although Harry believes he has to do this completely alone, and I do 
think JKR wants this to be Harry's journey,  we all pretty much believe that 
Harry will recieve help.  I do believe that Harry will become an even greater 
leader, but a great leader knows when to ask for help, he has Bill Weasley the 
"curse-breaker", he has the brilliant Hermoine, he has the talented members of 
the Order, I do believe that Aberforth will give Harry some tools passed on 
from DD to help Harry, and IMO Harry will discover at some point the Snape can 
be of some vital assistance.

I also think inheriting 12 Grimmauld Place and Kreacher will serve a very 
useful purpose.  IMO Harry has alot of answers to be found there.

IMO book 6 is really quite a grand mystery to be unraveled, by this I mean we 
have a very limited perspective in HBP, I do think JKR will answer so many of 
our questions quite satisfactorily in book 7, one of those burning questions 
that you ask and many other fans ask is How can Harry accomplish such a task?  
I think he has the gifts already,. JKR has alluded as much in recent 
interviews. 

 A crash course in curses is not what he needs, he just needs to find the 
power within himself, and IMO he will.

szehms