Kiss Loses Soul Forever and the Return of Crouch Sr. (WAS: Soul Sucking/Blowing)

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49036

bboy_mn wrote:
 
> That makes me wonder, if a Dementor can 'suck' out your soul, would
> that also imply that he can 'blow' it back?  Could Voldemort break 
> open Azkaban, find out what happened to Barty Jr, and order the 
> Dementor who took it, to give Bary Jr his soul back?
> Perhaps, once a soul is lost it's lost forever, then again....

Now me:

In Ch. 12 of PoA, when Lupin describes the Dementor's Kiss, he tells 
Harry "There's no chance at all of recovery...And your soul is gone 
for ever...lost."  So I think Crouch Jr. is out of luck (and 
deservedly so, IMO!).

However, I wonder about the potential restoration of Crouch *Sr.'s* 
body.  Crouch Jr. transfigured his father's body into a bone, which 
he buried in front of Hagrid's hut.  Hermione tells us in Ch. 6 of 
CoS that mandrake juice "is used to return people who have been 
transfigured or cursed to their original state."  So could mandrake 
juice work on Crouch Sr.'s bone?  Could you pour mandrake juice on 
the bone and return his body to its original state?  Would its 
original state be alive or dead?  Even if he doesn't come back to 
life, the restoration of his body would at least provide 
corroborating evidence for what Crouch Jr. said under the veritaserum 
for non-believers such as Fudge.

~Phyllis