horcruxes

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179920

Alicia wrote:
> I hated that Molly killed Bellatrix!  Harry should have to get back at
> her for killing Sirius, or Neville to get back at her for torturing
> his parents with the cruciatus curse.  If my memory serves me
> correctly I think that Bellatrix killed Fred which would explain Molly
> saying "she's mine" like she does in DH before she finally dispenses
> Bellatrix, but I still think Harry or Neville should have got the
> privledge.  They certainly had to wait long enough to see her die.


Carol responds:

The privilege of killing? You make it killing for revenge sound like
some sort of reward. But unlike the film version of Neville,
Book!Neville was never out for revenge, and it's significant that even
when he fought (except for slaying the monster Nagini with the Sword
of Gryffindor), he did so with plants and not with weapons (a wand is
a weapon in the WW). As for Harry, the whole point of the Snape
episode (following on the Draco and Kreacher episodes) is that Harry
has learned forgiveness and understanding. He destroys Voldemort,
true, but only after offering him a chance at remorse and not by using
a Killing Curse (LV's curse, as before, rebounds on himself).

I'm not sure how I feel about Molly killing Bellatrix. At least, she's
protecting her cubs, erm, daughter and not fighting for revenge.
(AFAWK, Bellatrix had no direct connection to the falling wall that
killed Fred.)

BTW, I hope this post doesn't sound critical of your interpretation.
It's just the idea of vengeance as a good thing that I find both
disturbing and contrary to the lesson that Harry learns (finally) in DH.

Carol, very glad that neither Neville nor Harry "earned" the
"privilege" of killing anyone