Dark Magic and Snape (was:Re: CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 161405

 
> Betsy Hp:
> As Shelley says, it's about intent.  So the werewolf, driven by 
> bloodlust is dark.  But Lupin, with his usual human complexities, is 
> not dark.  Would a shark be dark, though?  It's essentially a 
> killing machine, but without malice really.  

a_svirn:
Werevolves are also without malice, really. They are driven by 
bloodlust they can't help, not by vengeance or, say, their concerns for 
the "greater good". By your own logic Lupin in the Shrieking Shack 
scene is more dark that Grayback in the Tower scene. Of course, we know 
that Grayback is not entirely without malice either – he bit Lupin to 
punish Lupin's father.