Why Voldemort doesn't challenge Dumbledore?

[Milz]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., davidjfein at h... wrote:
> I don't think Rowling would subscribe to this hypothesis- it is way 
> too "Highlander".  Instead, maybe Harry got parseltongue by the 
> effect of AK on Voldemort.  It didn't kill him like it was supposed 
> to, so there may very well have been other unintended consequences- 
> i.e., as V lost his body and was made a quasi-spirit, his powers 
got 
> scattered around.  
> 
> My theory may be off, but the Highlander theory just doesn't feel 
> right.

It may not be the total Highlander effect (glaring light encompassing 
the victor, dramatic music, etc.) where ALL of the victim's magical 
powers are transferred, but may be a portion of that power is 
transferred. It's been mentioned in the books (GoF in particular) 
that some wizards, such as Dumbledore and Crouch, Sr., are more 
naturally powerful than others. If all the power is transferred, 
theoretically Voldemort should have been able to gain power faster by 
killing off a select group of "very powerful" wizards and witches. 
But it took him about 10 years to gain this "power".

But even with your theory there is an energy/power transfer of sorts: 
Voldemort's power was scattered and mayhaps affected Infant Harry 
(scar and parseltongue). Recall too that whatever happened that night 
managed to take the house down too (another energy transfer example). 

Milz