S'pose. I figure that's part of why Harry tried to not to show how much it frightened him: He doesn't want me to think less of him for caring what happens to them.
It can do, yeah. More often it doesn't. Or he'll take some desperate measure to make sure that it poisons the well.
Malfoy, for example. Harry said he wasn't even very coherent about why he Cruciated Malfoy - just did it in his rage. But I wonder if there was a method to it. If he's trying to drive a wedge between Harry and Draco? Not sure what for but perhaps to make sure that Draco stops indulging Harry's sentimentality?
Or perhaps I'm - what's the term? - projecting. For some reason I can't get my father's last duel out of my head today. The way he saw it, if he killed James's father, James would never forgive me. Bringing my uncle along for extra assurance.
Didn't figure on Cyrus being just as fast as them both combined, did he? Or on James being twice as forgiving as I'd ever been.
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Date: 2012-06-13 04:16 am (UTC)It can do, yeah. More often it doesn't. Or he'll take some desperate measure to make sure that it poisons the well.
Malfoy, for example. Harry said he wasn't even very coherent about why he Cruciated Malfoy - just did it in his rage. But I wonder if there was a method to it. If he's trying to drive a wedge between Harry and Draco? Not sure what for but perhaps to make sure that Draco stops indulging Harry's sentimentality?
Or perhaps I'm - what's the term? - projecting. For some reason I can't get my father's last duel out of my head today. The way he saw it, if he killed James's father, James would never forgive me. Bringing my uncle along for extra assurance.
Didn't figure on Cyrus being just as fast as them both combined, did he? Or on James being twice as forgiving as I'd ever been.