Finishing Voldemort

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 38128

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., ComtessadeChats at c... wrote:
> Voldie becoming a muggle would be a profound poetic justice, 
> however, I can't imagine Harry going along with something public 
> like an execution.  Harry isn't bloodthirsty and doesn't have the 
> stomach for something like that.  Even with his intense hatred of 
> Voldemort, I can't imagine Harry endorsing somehting like that.  I 
> cam see him killing Voldemort if it was done quickly and cleanly.  
> Not torture-style.  There would undoubtledy be many people who 
> would argue for the public beheading, but even thought Harry has 
> more reason than anyone, I don't think he would support that.  
> Dumbledore either, for that matter, if he's still alive.   Maybe 
> Snape, and definately Sirious, but not Harry.

Of course, if you remember Draco Malfoy's speech early in the first 
book about how horrifying it would be to be a Hufflepuff, of all 
things, you can imagine a self-loathing a million times greater if 
Voldemort truly lost all of his power--not just the extra power he'd 
worked to acquire and the near-immortality, but if he were in fact a 
plain old Muggle.  I hardly think an execution of any kind would be 
necessary.  I strongly suspect then that a nice handy cliff for him 
to fall of or a vial of poison are things he would immediately seek 
to put him out of his Muggle misery.  (Perhaps this is where that 
sword could come in handy, Pippin, as he could grab it and fall on 
it.)  

An alternative to suicide for Voldemort's demise could, of course, 
be the same kind of arrogance that led to his losing his power on 
the night Harry's parents died.  If, after losing his power, his 
life is in danger and Harry's first impulse is to save a life, not 
take it, but he refuses the help out of pride, mistrust or both, 
that could be how he eventually leaves this world.  Could you see 
him trusting Harry enough to let him save him?  

Either suicide or the second alternative would, of course, induce 
Dumbledore to remind Harry about our choices making us who we are, 
etc. as a fitting epitaph for everything that went before.  I like 
to think Dumbledore will survive Harry's seven years in school.  I 
also like the idea of Voldemort ultimately causing his own end, so 
that poor Harry won't have his blood on his hands (even as 
satisfying as that would be, in some ways).

--Barb
  
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