Role of ESE in Hero's Quest / McGuffins & Horcruxes

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 147671

Betsy hp:
> However, the one thing that every Heroic Quest needs is a moment
> of temptation for the hero, a moment where he can choose to give 
> up or give in.  And JKR seems to have taken that sort of moment
> away from Harry.  I think Dumbledore specifically says at one 
> point that Voldemort has made it so Harry will never be tempted by
> what he offers.  Which seems to cut out an excellent (and cliched,
> I'll admit, so maybe that's the reason) dramatic moment.

> But could someone else offer that moment?  If say, Lupin is ESE, 
> could he sway Harry to maybe give up the fight?  (I cannot see 
> Harry ever wanting to *join* Voldemort.) Or could an ESE!Character 
> encourage Harry to not trust someone he should be trusting? (Boy, 
> would a twin fit *that* bill! <g>)

Jen: Or could Voldemort offer Harry the chance to torture or murder 
Snape? How tempting would that be?

No matter how cliched it is, Voldemort's 'lure of power' is his 
ability to use a person's weakness against them, putting the person 
into impossible situations. The speech by Dumbledore to Harry about 
never being tempted and Harry's 'of course not, never!' answer made 
me think, 'uh-oh, Voldemort could never tempt Harry to join him but 
what about other temptations Dumbledore doesn't mention?' LV tried 
in OOTP thinking Harry's weakness was Sirius, but with Dumbledore 
there to save him and Harry's love to cast him out from possessing 
him, he was safe. 

I wonder if he'd be 'protected against the lure of power like 
Voldemort's' if Harry was feeling intense hatred instead of love 
though. I'm thinking Voldemort would feel right at home inside him 
in that enviroment. 

Jen R. thinking Betsy is not flip-flopping but considering all her 
options. ;)