Harry's use of Dark Magic WAS: Battle Tactics...

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 166012

>  
> --Ronin's Comments--
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> One thing about Harry's dueling that gets to me is his willingness 
to use
> dark magic. There's a passage somewhere in HBP where DD tells Harry 
that
> part of his greatest power is that he has never even been 
interested in
> using dark magic. But the truth is that he tries to whenever the 
chance
> comes along. Aside from Sectumsempra (which I'm not counting for 
the mere
> fact that he didn't know what it did at the time) he has tried on 
many
> occasions to use Crucio on his enemies. He tried it on Bella and on 
Snape as
> well as attempting to use Sectumsempra on Snape AFTER he'd seen 
it's effects
> on Draco. 
>  
> Of all of the unforgivable and dark curses, he seems to prefer the 
ones
> which cause the most pain and suffering. Crucio is a torture curse,
> Sectumsempra causes severe physical trauma. An AK seems to cause a 
quick
> death and Imperio, IMO is no worse than Stupefy if used in a way as 
to
> temporarily immobilize the opponent. But Harry seems to want his 
opponent to
> suffer rather than to die.
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Alla:

I think whenever chance comes along is a bit too broad statement, IMO 
of course.

Harry tried the dark magic curses when his Godfather and his mentor 
were killed right in front of him and when he was defending himself 
from one of those nasty curses.

That it NOT to defend his use of dark magic of course. I do think 
that if anybody turned him to the Ministry after him trying Crucio on 
Bella, he had a pretty good chance to end up in Azkaban.

But **whenever chance comes along** I disagree with.

As to DD statement, well, I do not have a book with me, but doesn't 
he say that Harry was never tempted by Dark, his soul was never 
tempted by dark magic? I can be wrong. And I thought that DD knew for 
sure that Harry tried to use Crucio on Bella when he said that to 
Harry and he said it anyway.

So, believe me, I **am** curious why DD says that, while Harry 
obviously tried to use Unforgivables. It is to me either that **not 
enough intent** or another inconsistency in JKR's description of what 
Dark magic is.

JMO,

Alla