Failed Friendships (was:Re:Draco, Narcissa and Harry)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 179966

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > Harry's talking about stunning people who are far up enough in   
> > the air that the fall will kill them as well as AKs.  So this     
> > passage actually proves my point: this battle between Harry and   
> > Voldemort has nothing to do with a specific form of magic.

> >>Pippin:
> Why does 'dark magic' have to refer to a specific form of magic and
> not to the purpose for which it is used?
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Because in this series it is so.  Simple as that. <g>

> >>Pippin:
> I'm really disturbed by this idea that friendships can only be     
> between equals.  The powerful can't be friends with the weak? And   
> the very weakest and the most powerful can't have any friends at   
> all, can they.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I can only say that I'd have a hard time considering someone my 
friend who catagorized themselves as "powerful" and myself 
as "weak".  And vice versa for that matter (talk about tiresome!).

However, yes, as long as a Slytherin recognizes that they are 
the "weaker" party then they can get along with a Gryffindor just as 
well as a house-elf or goblin who know their place.  But the pecking 
order most definitely stands.

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > But there's nothing said specifically about dark magic.  And     
> > since dark magic is so ill defined within the series, I really   
> > need to see a specific reference made or I cannot follow the link.

> >>Pippin:
> There is universal agreement that Voldemort is a dark wizard.
> Harry gave a definitive statement distinguishing his kind of magic
> from Voldemort's. When he defeated Voldemort,  Harry's definition 
> was given weight by the fact that he was the one who succeeded 
> where so many others had failed. 

Betsy Hp:
If you're referencing the previous quote that still doesn't work for 
me because, again, Harry deferentiated actions not magic.  If it's 
another statement of Harry's you have in mind, please share. <g>

Betsy Hp