[HPforGrownups] Re: Unforgivables.

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 173538

shimmertree blessed us with this gem On 29/07/2007 06:00:

> Maeg wrote:
>  > I was surprised at Harry's reaction to his own use of Cruciatus. 

> Shimmertree replies:
> I attributed Harry's callousness to the idea of torture, to the 
 > fragment's growing strength

This is a possibility. However, I wish JKR had given us some clue that 
this was the case. In a movie, an evil act is accompanied by a quick 
glint of evil in the actor's eye; in LOTR, for example, Frodo's decline 
into evil was accompanied by strange behavior that allowed us to see the 
inner conflict; reactions of others around him -- shock, surprise, grief 
-- further corroborated the unusualness of the behavior.

If it were the case that Harry were being overcome by the LV soul 
fragment, I would have liked to see some clues in the text; perhaps a 
twinge in his scar, a description of sudden, uncharacteristic rage 
flaring up, and perhaps some shock from McGonagall at the viciousness of 
Harry's attack -- something to let us know that yes, this was indeed 
uncharacteristic of Harry.

CJ, Taiwan