Immortal vapour? MAGIC DISHWASHER

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 40041

Eloise wrote:
> How did I know that the magical kitchen appliance was going to be 
> rolled out? That's very much what I was saying in the part you  
> snipped, except that I was suggesting he could be controlled by the 
> Light side.

Of course MAGIC DISHWASHER was coming out. It's the definitive theory. 
The one that explains it all. Convert or thu shalt taste the bitterness 
of defeat!!! j/k. ;-)

Appart from the ethical/moral problems (for the light side) of 
controlling a debilitated being, you may see that I covered my back 
against that by suggesting that you need *dark* magic to control him. 
It stands to reason, anyway: it would probably be a version of the 
Imperious, if not the Imperious itself. In his debilitated state, 
Voldemort would take forever to fight it off, and he doesn't want to 
wait that long.
 
> I don't think canon actually *says* that is the reason for the 
> unicorn blood. And anyway, why did he *need* to be in Quirrell's 
> head? Would becoming vapour be so catastrophic at this point? Was 
> Voldemort *always* under Quirrell's turban? Was it Quirrell that 
> crawled across the floor of the Forbidden Forest? Or was it a cloaked 
> vapour as implied in the CTMNBN? Was he drinking unicorn blood in 
> Albania too? I think he must have been.

I suggested in my previous post (#40038) that Voldemort gravitates 
naturally while in Vapour form to Albania. If not, I don't really know 
why he didn't come looking for servants to England, and hide in some 
forest closer to home. This would explain why he's in Quirrell's head: 
he needs a body to move out of albania, and stop going back (this 
adendum is still in development. Expect refinements coming along if you 
fight against it).

Canon does tell us what the Unicorn blood is for: "Unicorn blood has 
strengthened me, these past weeks" (PS, US ed., ch. 17). And yes, he 
did drink a combination of Unicorn's blood with Nagini's poison when in 
Fugly baby form. We know he lived off animals in Albania, by possesing 
them (especially snakes), so I don't think he was able to kill unicorns 
in that state (as a general rule, unicorns tend to be heavy fighters, 
and a simple snake wouldn't be a match). He just used the animal's life 
force to keep on going and have a small amount of power left.

Canon, unlike CTMNBN, explicitly states that it was Quirrell who drank 
the unicorn's blood for Voldemort: "you saw faithful Quirrell drinking 
it for me in the forest" (PS, US ed., ch. 17).

> But that seems to be precisely the point made by Firenze: only one as 
> desperate as Voldemort would take on the consequences of drinking 
> unicorn blood. Oh, I've just realised that Firenze actually implies
> that the Philosopher's Stone would counteract the curse. But of 
> course, he never got hold of it. 

He drinks more unicorn blood afterwards anyay, so it seems that 
Voldemort *is* carrying the half-life curse on him. Maybe he just 
doesn't care, living a half life. He's *evil*, after all (on a side 
not, I see lots of listees jumping to the opportunity of declaring 
popular characters evil. Has anyone tried to expain that Voldemort is 
really a good person at heart?).
 
> I guess that's where conspiracy theory comes in and 
> those of us who don't buy it just have to settle for uncertainty.
> 
> Eloise

If you converted, you wouldn't have these dilemas, since you'd see the 
light ;-) Then again, If everyone converted, I wouldn't have anearly as 
much fun as I have defending the theory. :-)

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf