Part II contains:

Drawback to Not Teaching the Dark Arts
Harry: Seriously Evil Wizard Coming Through?
Blood/Death Magic, Lily’s Sacrifice, and Albus (The White One)
Why Teach that Dark = Evil?
Historical Considerations

( DRAWBACK TO NOT FORMALLY )

“Treason doth never prosper; what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”- OvidBetter minds than mine have talked about inconsistencies in the use of the term “Dark” as applied to magic in the Potterverse. Part of the problem is that the adjective seems to be used, variously, of magic that is evil, dangerous, formally ( Read more... )

So here's the question related to my last that I can't answer: why do we never see the piece of soul in Harry's scar ever try to "flit in and out of someone" who got "too close to" Harry? Why didn't Voldemort try to possess Ron, or Hermione, or Mrs. Weasley, or Hagrid, if becoming "fond" of a Horcrux leaves one vulnerable to possession ( Read more... )

Hermione (who’s perhaps not the world’s foremost expert on the Dark Arts, but is the only source we have for certain information about Horcruxes) tells us that “the bit of soul inside it [a Horcrux] can flit in and out of someone if they get too close to the object. I don’t mean holding it for too long, it’s nothing to do with touching it…. I ( Read more... )

This is a totally off-the-wall reflection on Dark magic in the Potterverse sparked by one of Oryx_leucoryx’s recent ruminations on what’s NOT classed as Dark magic.

Much of what can be accomplished with the Imperius Curse can equally be accomplished by magic that’s not considered Dark in Potterverse canon.

( Forcing )