Might I swim against the current a moment and suggest the room is devoted to not love but compassion or loyalty?

Yes, you may. *g* It's a good point: love can mean so many things, not all of them good, and all of them unfathomable. What Lily showed for Harry when she saved his life was love, mixed up with sacrifice, loyalty and compassion. Voldemort is love gone bad.

I still think the whole thing is going to come back to bite him in the arse.

*nods head*