Suffocating Love as a Theme in the Harry Potter Universe

[readerravenclaw]

Written for saeva, for the hp_essays essay-a-thon.

Suffocating Love as a Theme in the Harry Potter UniverseLove is a force to be reckoned with, especially within the Harry Potter books. It was his mother’s love that saved Harry Potter as a baby and continued to protect him throughout his childhood; it was the force of love that kept Voldemort from possessing

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[jan_aq]

Hear hear! Nicely done.

i don't know many stories where Harry destroyed Voldemort with love, but one does come to mind. Resonance by Green Gecko. Basically, Voldemort came to the school with his Death Eaters, Harry and his DA were waiting for them in the great hall. Voldemort tried to enter Harry's mind, maybe to possess him or kill him, I don't really remember. Well anyways, Harry basically started to feel love in his heart and mind while they were connected and Voldemort died. Haha. Have you heard of any better ones?

I personally think that the power isn't love literally, but that because of love, the people who love Harry, that they will stand with him, fight with him and protect him. This joint unity will be what defeats Voldemort.

I've often thought about what it would be like if all wizard kind, and perhaps all muggle kind had this extreme desire to save Harry, if a Avadra Kedravra was going at him, that they would throw themselves in front of it. If a tree falls, they'd find themselves pushing him out of the way, and for every person who dies saving Harry, he is given more power. What an awful fate.