[HPforGrownups] Killing != Murder Re: The twins? (was: Dumbledore's Fall)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 170896


Siriusly Snapey Susan:

c> I feel similarly about Harry facing Voldemort. While it would be 
c> *preferable* to me that Harry not have to kill the guy [I'd rather 
c> like him to self-destruct somehow], if it's inevitable, I can 
c> certainly live with it & not lose sleep.

Dave:

I can appreciate that POV and probably agree... The problem is, my
reading of Canon indicates that Harry *will* lose sleep, if not be
emotionally scarred:

  He had not told Ron, Hermione or anyone else what the
  prophecy had contained ...  He was not ready to see their
  expressions when he told them that he must be either
  murderer or victim, there was no other way . . .
  (OOtP, Ch. 38)

  It was sunny, and the grounds around him were full of
  laughing people, and even though he felt as distant from
  them as though he belonged to a different race, it was
  still very hard to believe as he sat here that his life
  must include, or end in, murder . . .
  (Ibid.)

So in Harry's mind and conscience, killing LV *would* be murder.
Granted, I think he's accepted the necessity of it, but he's not happy
about it; and I worry about his future emotional state, even if he
survives.


Dave