Babbling on on Avada Kadavra mechanics

[Lexa_C]

No: HPFGUIDX 172870

> oliveu2cm:
> Perhaps Voldemort went to the white place too and saw what it would  
> be like if he continued? But he awoke and didn't care, whereas the  
> experience changed Harry?
> 
> doug:
> Interesting. Voldy wouldn't have a mentor to explain what was going  
> on then either. His experience would likely have been one of extreme  
> misery and pain, (?)

This is a good point. I have to say the entire King's Cross chapter creeped me right out 
because of the way both Dumbledore and Harry ignored the writhing, whimpering creature 
right there in the same room with them. It didn't speak well of either of them, in my 
opinion. Even if it's true, as DD said, that there was nothing you could do to help (which 
would align with the rather unfortunate predestination bent of the Potterverse), it seems 
like simple human compassion would drive you to at least attempt something. Your 
actions, in a case like that, say just as much about *you*, I think, as about who you're 
trying to help and whether it will do any good.

Of course, DD doesn't seem to have been very good at caretaking when it came to his 
abandoned boys. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to catch the irony or not that Our Heroes 
can figure out that if you treat a house elf with respect and caring, it makes them better 
behaved, but they can't seem to apply the same concept of nurture to human beings.

 - Alexa