Patronus from the Power of Love (Was: Deontological!Snape )

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 171318

Mike:
> This also underscores my belief that truely advanced magic does 
not 
> depend on gimmicks or tricking yourself. That once a wizard learns 
> how to cast the spell, the power behind the spell then depends 
upon 
> the wizard's ability to harness his/her inate magical qualities. 
And 
> when we learn what's required to cast an effective AK and 
Cruciatus 
> Curse, from DEs that know from where they speak, this makes me 
more 
> convinced. Bella told Harry he had to really mean it, to *want* to 
> cause pain, something that seems to come easy to her. Something 
that 
> is one of her strengths, her inate abilities. So, why wouldn't 
this 
> work the same way for advanced *good* magic?

Magpie:
I totally agree about this theory of advanced magic. I think the 
good memory just gives you the right feeling, and after that you 
almost do it by muscle memory.

I don't know how I feel about Patronuses being love, exactly. I see 
what you mean, but to me "love" should mean something sort of 
different. It seems more like a personal confidence to me--as DD 
says, Harry finds his father inside himself. It's a guardian spirit, 
but comes from inside the person. The Patronus itself doesn't seem 
like hitting somebody with the power of love, more like the hitting 
them with your own inner strength.

I think that strength can be connected to love, though. Harry feels 
stronger knowing he has Ron and Hermione, and his parents sort of 
feed into that too, whether or not he has literal memories of them, 
he knows he is/was loved.

-m