Saving Private Draco SPOILERS for Dresden files

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No: HPFGUIDX 183660

montavilla47 wrote:
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> Harry, however, is stronger than Dumbledore.  Like Dumbledore
> with Grindlewald, he is offered the gift of sexual love by Ginny.  
> But, unlike Dumbledore, he doesn't fall into that trap and lose his 
> primary values.
> 
> Like Dumbledore, Harry has his own private army. But he quickly
> drops the D.A., proving himself able to resist the temptation of 
> power.
> 
> Unlike Dumbledore, Harry is able to use Dark Magic without 
> becoming tainted by it.  He is able to draw on the lesson that
> Bellatrix taught him, but his power of love keeps him from
> any kind of seduction the Dark Arts might hold. 
> 
> It's almost a parallel to the Hallows, isn't it? Dumbledore 
> gave in to temptation with them, and died for his weakness.
> In addition to becoming the Master of Death, Harry became 
> the Master of Magic--able to use both Light and Dark 
> magic.  


SSSusan:
I like what you wrote.  I like it very much.  But just one thing I 
still have to wonder about.

This bit about DD having been *unable* to use Dark Magic, while Harry 
could without being tainted by it.  That's speculation, no?  I mean, 
not the part about Harry -- we can gather than Harry wasn't tainted 
(in the sense of being seduced, long-term, by the Dark Arts).  And 
yes, DD gave into the seduction of the Hallows.  

But do we *know* that the reason DD didn't use the Unforgivables was 
truly because he was scared to, or couldn't bring himself to for fear 
of the seduction of them?  Do we *know* it wasn't actually what 
McGonagall said -- that he was "too noble," or, put differently, that 
he simply chose not to?

You may be speaking more broadly of DD and Dark Magic as a whole, 
though, whereas I'm thinking in particular of the Unforgivables.

Siriusly Snapey Susan