DDM!Snape & the UV.

[alcuin74]

No: HPFGUIDX 149996

> > Eggplant:
> > Yes, and for an unforgivable curse like Avada Kedavre to work you 
> >must really feel the hatred 
> 
Merrillsyndrome: 
> It is true that to perform an AK you have to feel hatred but where 
> does it say that you have to feel hatred toward the person that the 
> curse is directed at?  I think you can perform the curse if you 
have 
> enough hatred in your heart about anything.  Snape is full of 
hatred 
> so he has no problem performing an AK (debatable about whether or 
not 
> it is his first AK).
>


Hi everyone,
This is my first post ... in regard to the above exchange, I'm not 
sure that hatred is the key factor in the Avada Kedavra curse.  The 
closest thing to a magical theory underlying the Unforgivable Curses 
was given by Bellatrix Lestrange in OotP, after Harry had tried to 
use the Cruciatus curse upon her:

... Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? ... You 
need to _mean_ them, Potter!  You need to really want to cause pain - 
to enjoy it ...

So it seems that the two factors necessary for an Unforgivable Curse 
to be successful are (1) to _really_ intend that the curse have its 
effect and (2) to take some kind of pleasure in its having that 
effect.  So for Avada Kedavra to work, the caster must really want to 
kill the intended victim and take pleasure in the victim's death.  If 
this is correct, then hatred or no hatred, Snape comes off looking 
badly here.  He would somehow have had to enjoy or take pleasure in 
Dumbledore's death.

Alcuin