Harry drawn to the dark side?

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Nah he's not going over to the dark side, I agree. I think you people are forgetting, or at least ignoring, the fact that the emotions he is sharing are perfectly normal for a teenager. I mean, how would you feel if you'd been locked up the whole holidays, away from everything. He experiences it for a month or two every year. I'd be pretty angry to.
And don't forget the prophecy: Either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives. If he really does go over to the dark side, the only way he'll end up killing LV is by an accident, and that wouldn't make a very good climax...

[Mistress Siana]

As I said, going over to the dark side doesn't necessarily mean joining Voldemort, rather getting lost in the dark arts. Like Bartemius Crouch sr, who became just as cruel as the people he was fighting.

But although I say it would definitely fit Harry's character, I agree that the story is not very likely to go that way. As said before, it would really be a little too much Anakin Skywalker-like, and what did JKR say? "Honestly, people, too much Star Wars is not good for you!"

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Ahhh ok. I didn't catch what you meant before, but yeah I get you know. It's very possible something like that could happen to Harry, simply out of repressed anger (Well not any more he's kinda let it out a little in OoTP.)
But I dunno I don't see Harry...just... doing that. It would take some exceptionally skilled writing to do it as well, but I think he's a little over that anger stage by the end of the 5th. I think he's at grief now...

[DragonFiend17]

Yes it is very possible, I could really see that happening--but then Ron and Hermione would snap him out of it--they have remained his friends so far, they would not allow that to happen...

[Un'Anima Persa]

i have to agree with dragonfiend on that one...

[Mistress Siana]

I've just thought about something that could be important for the question if Harry could be tempted by the dark side:

(pg 824 in the American Hardcover edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) "Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human --"

"THEN -- I -- DON'T -- WANT -- TO -- BE -- HUMAN!" Harry roared..."I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END..."

Kind of scary, that quote, isn't it? For Harry, the feeling of (another) loss is the worst thing he can imagine, and in order to make it stop, he would even sacrifice being human and the ability to care. For Voldemort, death was the worst imaginable thing, and in order to defeat it, he sacrificed just that: being human and the ability to care.

[Tanuki]

...yeah, but everyone would do that; it's kind of a common responce. No one wants to go through that pain, and would give just about anything to be rid of it when they have it

[Cedric]

No matter how much I'd love to see Harry use the Dark Arts against other people and become strong, I know it's not going to happen because it doesn't fit his character and other reasons for which I'm sure you know.

[Tanuki]

There are other ways to become strong

[Cedric]

But I'd doubt they'd be as exciting as using dark arts.

[Tanuki]

I care to disagree with you on that one. Getting stronger is getting stronger, exiting no matter how you go about. However, turning evil is just crud

[Cedric]

Well, what I mean is that when Harry used the unforgivable curse, I found that exciting because there was so much power in the curses. Yes evil power, but I thought it was better then the stupidfy or other curses they usually perform. Don't get me wrong, I know its not going to happen and it is a little weird. But it's something that I find interesting. So I still agree with you but on a lower level I think.

[Tanuki]

Somehow I feel this is mostlye JKR's fault. She writes very limited images of spells. Considering the strength of Dumlbedore and Voldy, I think spells on both sides should be a lot more interesting. Then, she spends much more time developing the curses and hexes for dark magic, and so little time working on Harry's groups spells. Making your opponent spit slugs? Bat bogeys? C'mon, somehow I figure magic can seem much more interesting. Hell, it doesn't even have to be attack stuff. I watch one series where the main character can make trees from garbage, but it's cool

[Cedric]

Yeah, I mean her books are amazing. It's just that I think for older people who read the books, maybe younger ones too, the hexes and curses are just not enough to satisfy us. I agree with you. I have my fingers crossed for this up coming HBP. Hopefully, we'll see more exciting magic done by Harry's group as well as Dumbledore and Voldemort.

[Enchanter]

I agree that most of the spess are kind of boring. It just doesnt seem right that people fight each other with curses that just make people tap-dance or spit slugs. If you were fighting someone wouldnt you want to incapacitate them so they couldnt fight back at all?