On horcruxes and the saving of souls
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....
OotP, 855-856
( The purpose of this (rather scattered and informal, forgive me) essay is to refute this statement of Harry's from OotP, and deal with the fallout from the conclusion that Harry can't possibly murder someone, even Voldemort. )
OotP, 855-856
( The purpose of this (rather scattered and informal, forgive me) essay is to refute this statement of Harry's from OotP, and deal with the fallout from the conclusion that Harry can't possibly murder someone, even Voldemort. )
Well, but DiaryTom isn't human. I don't think you would rip your soul by stabbing a diary. Yes, the diary spurted ink and screamed, but destroying a magical object, even if it is a horcrux, seems to me to be a major step away from actually destroying a person, from taking someone's life.
But I think somehow that something more than killing Voldemort is necessary and Harry will understand this and again do whatever is necessary. One can be vanquished by love, after all.
I'm a big fan of Harry pulling through in the end, as well, but, like you, would be majorly disappointed if what he needs to do is kill someone. I think what I like most about Harry is his innocence, that he hasn't been spoiled by all these horrible things happening to him. Like Dumbledore said, he has intimate connections to Voldemort and the Dark Arts, yet he's not succumbed to them.
As for the love bit...well, you'll have to forgive me, as I'm a HP/SS shipper, but I'll just imagine that there's some form of love there. :D On a more serious note, though, I think that could be integrated just fine in the search and destruction of horcruxes, ie his love of ginny allowing him to continue the search or something like that.
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