Voldemort's Strategy (was Loss of/Harry's Special Powers)

[Becky Penar]

No: HPFGUIDX 10171

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, ebonyink at h... wrote:
> Penny wrote:
> 
> > > I definitely agree with Lori and others that there must be 
> more to infant Harry's defeat of Lord V than just Lily's sacrifice 
& 
> layer of protection.  He and his Death Eaters waged a long & 
> seemingly costly war against both the wizarding & muggle 
> populations.  It hardly seems likely to me that  not one
> > > single person other than Lily Potter tried to save or died to 
> save another human being during that war.  I think there's 
> definitely something special about Harry.  I don't think we'll know 
> it all though until after Book 7.
> > > 
> 
> And Kimberly wrote:
> > I've been thinking long and hard about this since it was pointed 
> out > to me that while Lily's sacrifice may have protected Harry 
> from death, > it wasn't what caused Voldemort to loose his 
> power.
> 
> 
> You're right.  The one problem is that we don't know *what* Lily's 
> powers were.  We do know now that Lily needn't to have died.  
> (I've read theories and fanfics ranging from the plausible (she 
> wasn't a direct descendant of Gryffindor) to the ridiculous 
> (Muggle-born Lily was a secret Death Eater!).
> 
> I thnk that the combination of her sacrifice *along with* 
> something innate in baby Harry caused his protection and V's 
> downfall.  What I'm wondering is that if all of our "There's 
> Something About Harry" inklings prove correct--if he could have 
> protected his parents and completely Voldemort if he was fully 
> matured.
> 
> Prophecy detractors say that if there WAS something special 
> about Harry--some "messiah figure" prophecy--we would have 
> heard about it by now.  Again--Harry was in the wizarding world 
> three years before he heard the Sirius Black "story".  There is 
still 
> a lot that he doesn't know, doesn't particularly care to know, and 
> that has been kept from him.  
> 
> Going back to Voldemort, I have to wonder what magical means 
> he could devise to kill Harry.  Even if the Killing Curse ("Avada 
> Kedavra") is the worst in this milieu (I very seriously doubt that 
for 
> some reason), I doubt very seriously that Voldemort would try it 
> again.  I'm also not sure how effective it would be.
> 
> Harry can indubitably be killed by the regular Muggle means, 
> although if I were Voldemort, I'd try decapitation or multiple 
> gunshot wounds... I get the strange feeling that hanging, single 
> bullets, electric shock, and incineration wouldn't be quite so 
> effective... especially as Harry matures in magical ability.
> 
> So the question that will compel us for the next three books is:  
> What will Voldemort's strategy be?
> 
> Also, what is Voldemort's main objective--power?  Revenge?  
> Genocide?  Spreading the Death Eater "gospel"?  Or all of the 
> above?
> 
> I have my own half-baked theories.  What are yours?
> 
> --Ebony AKA AngieJ


I read an interesting theory, wish I would claim as my own, but alas, 
I am not that smart~~

http://allabouthp.www3.50megs.com/theories.html

The one I'm talking about is that V was attempting to bring Lily to 
the dark side and was trying to kill James & Harry as a test of her 
loyalty to him. It helps the "Lily didn't have to die" comment to 
come together somewhat. It does leave open the question of why Harry 
didn't die, but it's an interesting twist on Lily not "having" to 
die.  

Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.....

Becky