OOP: Thestral Sightings

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No: HPFGUIDX 64386

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iana_abadi" <leiaflute at h...> 
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> Here's a thought about Harry's seeing the thestrals:
> Didn't he kill Riddle?  By putting the Basilisk's fang into the 
> book?  That would be a death he'd seen, along with Quirrell's, 
though 
> I can see the theory that he was passed out when Quirrell died.  
And 
> I know I will get replies saying that Riddle isn't dead, he's 
> Voldemort, and that's great and all, but I still think Harry's 
action 
> can be described as killing him.  Therefore, having seen Riddle 
AND 
> Quirrell AND his mom (though I understand the "too young" theory) 
he 
> should've been able to see the thestrals.  Thoughts anyone?
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> Jordan, who is new and has way too much time on her hands, 
evidenced 
> by thinking so much about this



I don't agree. Riddle was just a memory, not an actual person. 
Therefore he couldn't have died because he was never really alive.