Heroes in the Harry Potter Series

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 176354

> 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.

> 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".

  Rowena:

  Of course if DD et-al had acted as you wanted - and if it had the
effect you predict - there'd have been no series! ;-)

  BTW I really don't think self sacrifice on behalf of one's children
need be rare to have magical repurcussions.