In canon, the love shield requires more than just not fighting back- the person who dies needs to have a choice between death and life, and to intend to die. (When Harry died in the Battle of Hogwarts, he didn’t fight back, made the choice to die earlier, and willingly went to his death.) The love shield only applied to Harry because Lily was explicitly given the choice to step aside and live, and chose not to take it; James’ death didn’t create a love shield around Lily because Voldemort never gave him the option to live, and so James wasn’t able to explicitly choose death.
While canon doesn’t really show this, I doubt many other dark lords would have given their victims’ defenders a choice between life and death. (Also, IIRC, at the end of canon, the Love Shield still wasn’t widely known.)
PS. If the Love Shield does exist in MoR, do you suppose Bellatrix could cast it?
If Love Shields really do work the way Randaly describes, then I think the odds of one being used to protect a Dark Wizard are at least as high as one being to protect someone from him. Scenario: Dark Wizard and Obsessed Minion (e.g. Voldemort and Bella) are cornered by Aurors, who explicitly state that anyone who surrenders will be taken alive, only for the Minion to willfully choose to take a lethal curse for her master.
That’s something i don’t quite understand. As an evil dark lord, I’d be willing to be cruel and pretend people have a choice. ‘Stand aside and I will spare your life’ then… Bam. Dead anyway.
In canon, the love shield requires more than just not fighting back- the person who dies needs to have a choice between death and life, and to intend to die. (When Harry died in the Battle of Hogwarts, he didn’t fight back, made the choice to die earlier, and willingly went to his death.) The love shield only applied to Harry because Lily was explicitly given the choice to step aside and live, and chose not to take it; James’ death didn’t create a love shield around Lily because Voldemort never gave him the option to live, and so James wasn’t able to explicitly choose death.
While canon doesn’t really show this, I doubt many other dark lords would have given their victims’ defenders a choice between life and death. (Also, IIRC, at the end of canon, the Love Shield still wasn’t widely known.)
If Love Shields really do work the way Randaly describes, then I think the odds of one being used to protect a Dark Wizard are at least as high as one being to protect someone from him. Scenario: Dark Wizard and Obsessed Minion (e.g. Voldemort and Bella) are cornered by Aurors, who explicitly state that anyone who surrenders will be taken alive, only for the Minion to willfully choose to take a lethal curse for her master.
So even if the Love Shield exists in MoRverse, Harry doesn’t have it.
That’s something i don’t quite understand. As an evil dark lord, I’d be willing to be cruel and pretend people have a choice. ‘Stand aside and I will spare your life’ then… Bam. Dead anyway.
Day 1: “Hi old chum! How’s the weather? That brat kid of yours?”
Day 2: “Hi old chum! How’s the weather? That brat kid of yours?”
Day 3: “Hi, old chum! How’s the weather? Thabrakedevra!”
… lather, rinse, repeat.