Defeating Voldemort

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30429

Alicia wrote:

> > Is it the general consensus that Harry will eventually defeat
> > Voldemort (in the seventh book)?  It seems very likely that this 
is
> > the case.  My question is: how can this happen?  If their wands 
are
> > brothers, as we have seen in GoF, and they cannot be used against
> > each other, is it expected that Harry will get a shot in before
> > Voldemort can defend himself?  It just occurred to me that this is
> > plausible, but I would like to hear others views nevertheless.
> > 

How can Harry kill Voldemort?  I have no idea.  It almost seems that 
JKR has painted herself in a bit of a corner there (or maybe a lesser 
writer would have).  After all, Voldemort says he took steps to 
protect himself against death, and one of them must have worked and 
protected him against the rebounded Avada Kedavra curse.  We know 
dueling won't work.  So how can Harry kill Voldemort at all (setting 
aside the question of whether it would necessarily be a suicide 
mission)?

I think we need to know a *lot* more about how wizards kill each 
other to guess at this.  There have been a few deaths so far, but 
several of these were Avada Kedavra (the Riddles, Frank Bryce, 
presumably James and Lily, Cedric).  There are a few other instances 
in which the exact cause of death is unclear (Crouch Sr., dead DEs, 
Bertha Jorkins, Quirrell).  Have I missed any deaths?  There are a 
lot of ways to kill humans, but precious few ways to kill wizards 
(that we've actually seen so far, anyway).

So I guess we can surmise that Voldemort won't die through Avada 
Kedavra, he won't get his soul sucked out (because he probably can 
generate a patronus), and he won't be driven insane with the 
Cruciatus curse.  I'm thinking something hideous and magical like the 
basilisk.

Cindy (secretly hoping Voldemort will meet his maker at the tentacles 
of the giant squid)