Voldemort's baby form (Was:Voldemort Recruiting Harry)

[linda_mccabe]

No: HPFGUIDX 38151

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:

> I don't believe it was possible to completely rid the world of 
> Voldemort when he was in his shadow state because there wasn't 
> enough of him for a spell to act upon.  The shadows that flew out 
of the wand were echoes of spells, and they eventually faded; 
Voldemort didn't fade, he simply existed in a less-than-corporeal 
state until he had gained enough strength from possessing other 
creatures (like snakes and small rodents and Quirrell) and drinking 
unicorn blood and snake venom to take on that ugly-baby-form Harry 
saw.

Athena:

Sorry for the delay in responding to this, but I've been sick with 
the flu.  I actually was thinking of this in my feverish state and I 
realized that I have never felt that Voldemort was able to create a 
babyish form by mere magical means and elixirs.  I don't think that 
combination would create flesh enough to hold a wand and torture 
Pettigrew.  Nope.  I think he had Pettigrew abduct a living 
breathing human baby for him to possess.

I don't think Pettigrew used magic to obtain the child because it 
would have shown up in the famous duel with Harry when the wand gave 
up its history.  No, I think that Wormtail did this the old 
fashioned way.  He snatched the child while a parent wasn't 
looking.  It would have been within Wormtail's skill level to simply 
watch a mother at a playground with more than one child.  When the 
mother was distracted by her elder children, then Wormtail would 
sneak up in his rat form to the carriage where the sleeping baby 
was - transform and slowly carry the sleeping child away.  I would 
also assume that it would be *far easier* for him to do this with a 
Muggle child than a magical one.  Any magical parent should attempt 
to put a charm on their children to protect them from those who 
would abuse their child.  (Wouldn't that come in handy folks?)

So I think that Voldy's spirit was possessing a living baby, but 
that due to a steady diet of snake venom and unicorn blood he didn't 
grow like a normal child would.  It would stunt his growth.  
Therefore he still needed to have the magical spell at the end of 
GoF.  This would add to his already jinxed jumble of magical curses 
to his body.  
1)the bone of the father he murdered
2)the flesh of his servant who has a life debt to Harry Potter
3)the blood of Harry Potter who is good and pure of heart
4)the curse of using unicorn blood
5)the body of an innocent Muggle child.

Voldemort is cursed alright.  And should all the magic from him 
vanish, what would be left is Muggle.  Harry wouldn't need to kill 
him then because it would be the soul of the abducted child.

BTW, here's a nasty thing to picture in one's mind:  Pettigrew 
having to change Voldemort's dirty diapers.   EWWWWWWWW.

Athena