Saving Private Draco SPOILERS for Dresden files

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 183663

> 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.

Montavilla47:
You have to remember that I came up with theory about twelve hours
ago. :)

It's pure speculation.  Dumbledore never says that he's afraid to
use Dark Magic or Unforgivables.  But he does say something about
being afraid of power.