Heroes in the Harry Potter Series

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No: HPFGUIDX 176278

Rowena:

> I don't quite understand this. Exactly how would 
> 'simple human love' have defeated Voldemort?

houyhnhnm:

Maybe if Dumbledore had nurtured  his students and 
staff instead of focusing on his secret magical plan, 
seen and fostered their potential as human beings 
rather than sacrificing that potential to their 
usefulness as tools, Voldemort might never have come back.

Rowena:

> Prophecies are not optional, they will come true 
> one way or another. And as we see from Greek myth 
> *and* HP the result of trying to alter prophecy is 
> only to fullfill them.

houyhnhnm:

Not according to Dumbledore or JKR.

"If Voldemort had never heard of the prophecy, would 
it have been fulfilled?  Would it have meant anything?  
Of course not! Do you think every prophecy in the Hall 
of Prophecy has been fulfilled?" (HBP, Scholastic, 310)

JKR: It's the "Macbeth" idea. I absolutely adore "Macbeth." 
It is possibly my favorite Shakespeare play. And that's 
the question isn't it? If Macbeth hadn't met the witches, 
would he have killed Duncan? Would any of it have happened? 
Is it fated or did he make it happen? I believe he made it 
happen. (LC/Mugglenet interview)

Rowena:

> Lily's valiant death in defense of her son gave him 
> a ready made and very powerful protection that it 
> would have been idiotic for DD to ignore.

houyhnhnm:

That kind of proves my point.  A world in which a mother 
refusing to stand aside and allow her child to be murdered 
is such a rare marvel as to invoke magic is a world in 
dire need of "simple human love".