Teaching Harry

[h2so3f]

No: HPFGUIDX 143321

Orna wrote: <snip>
"Harry's power OTOH lies in his love – so we are told, or in Snape's 
language – receiving help from talented friends. I agree with you, 
that in no encounter Harry could have survived without help from 
friends (living or dead), who come to his aid and rescue. That's 
power in a way - being able to draw friends willfully to help him – 
even if it involves endangering their lives. It has to do with love. 
Nobody could imagine anybody coming to Voldermort's aid, just 
because of love. Even his most insanely devoted servants (Bella, 
Crouch jr.) never fail to mention that they are going to be honored 
and rewarded – beyond any other DE. That's also, why although the DE 
fight together, there is never love between them. 
Without coercion, torturing, threats, and promises of rewards or 
power-rewards nobody would help him for a second. When Voldermort 
holds his speech in GoF, he says, that he was sure some devoted DE 
would look for him. I think that there lie the seeds for his 
downfall."  <Snip a ton>


CH3ed:
I agree with Orna's excellent post. Aside from the few true fanatics 
like Crouch Jr and Bella, most of the DEs are in LV's camp because 
they revere LV's power and because they are afraid of him. I think 
that when Harry emerges as more and more obviously powerfully 
magical....rivaling LV, the DE's loyalty to LV would weaken. 

The seed of that should have been planted when Harry, without any 
help, survived a one-on-one (ignoring the DE's witnessing) dual with 
LV in the graveyard scene in GoF. It was Harry, the underage wizard, 
who forced LV's wand to regurgitate spells and not the other way 
around. I think that as the DEs are held to LV by his power and 
threats, they may desert LV if they see Harry as more powerful and 
merciful (may protect them from LV). Even the fanatical ones (whose 
one-sided love for LV is subject to betrayal at LV's pleasure) may 
snap back and betray their dark lord if they think Harry has 
realistic chance at vanquishing LV (I'm thinking of Slug's warning 
about the power of obsessive love... when it is not returned?).
CH3ed