Voldemort in debt to Harry? (was Is Harry really in trouble?)

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52136

Todd wrote:

> Doesn't Voldemort in essence owe Harry a life debt?

Interesting thought.  We don't really know what is meant by a life 
debt, having only one sure example to go by--and that is the case of 
Pettigrew, who thus far hasn't balked at delivering Harry up to be 
murdered.  I'm sure *something* will come of that life debt, but PP 
could do a whole lot more damage first.

But it seems likely to me that one ingredient of a life debt might be 
that one was saved by a deliberate act of the other.  Harry *meant* 
to save Wormtail's life.  But he did not intend any help to 
Voldemort.  The blood was "forcibly taken" and had to come from 
someone who regarded himself as Voldemort's enemy.  Furthermore, 
while Voldemort was in the cauldron Harry was fervently wishing for 
him to die.  No, whatever good Harry did Voldemort was completely 
against Harry's will.

Amy Z