Harry using Crucio.

eggplant107 eggplant107 at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 5 17:40:51 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 174558

"pattiemgsybb" <mac_tire at ...> wrote:

> I believe JKR would not agree that
> the sole purpose of her characters 
>is to be interesting. 

I am quite certain she would agree!

> Many flesh and blood people would
> never agree that torturing ANYONE

I dare you to find a single soldier in the real world who had as much
combat experience as Harry did who would find that scene unexpected.
It rings true, it's what people do under such circumstances. 

> Nietzsche said, "He who fights monsters should
> be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. 
> And if thou gaze long into the abyss, the 
> abyss will also gaze into thee." 

It's odd, I once used that entire quote in a Harry Potter fan fiction
I once wrote. I did it because I thought it was true and because I
thought it was interesting.


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