The effects of Avada Kedavra

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 32766

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Zorb17 at a... wrote:
You asked for us to poke holes, and here's one that jumped out at me.  
If AK simply takes the soul, how then would a victim be physically 
dead, as its victims are?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the 
same effect as a Dementor's Kiss?  Kiss victims, unlike AK ones, are 
still alive afterwards. In the Potterverse, soul-removal doesn't equal 
death.

> Zorb
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OK, sorry, that was a bad use of language on my part. By "soul" I was 
refering to the concious part of the life beings (also called "spark of 
life"). I meant whatever diferentiates an animal/person/plant/etc. from 
a rock, since when you get right down to it, we are basically water and 
carbon, and so is a river near carbon mines. So to correct my theory, 
substitute every "soul" by "life essence" or "life spark" or whatever 
you want to call it.

Maybe one of these days I'll write a theory on fundamental differences 
between AK and a Dementor's kiss (not that I see many, right now).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf