[HPforGrownups] Dementors question

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No: HPFGUIDX 56668

Kristen writes: What good would the 
Lestranges be to LV after spending all this time in Azkaban?  

S (moi): Thats a really good point & I did think about that while reading 
GoF. I think Voldemort doesn't really care about their level of sanity. 
Crouch Jr was kept in Azkaban almost as long as the Lestranges & he suited 
Voldemorts needs just fine. Hargrid states in PoA "When they let me out, it 
was like bein' reborn again, ev'rythin' came floddin' back." Granted he was 
there only a short period however maybe thats how it works ... would just 
take a bit more time with someone that was there longer ... sooner or later 
with enough time & chocolate you'd be back to your old self. Also as the case 
with Sirius Black in PoA "I think the only reason I never lost my mind is 
that I knew I was innocent. That wasn't a happy though, so the dementors 
couldn't suck it out of me..."  Perhaps the Lestranges & other DE's feel 
perfectly just in their actions, therefore the Dementors would not effect 
them. Another wild theory perhaps some DE's like the Lestranges are so evil 
they might actually thrive in such a place (at least their evil intentions 
might thrive). The Lestranges seem to be mighty important characters in the 
way they are mentioned throughout & their connection to Neville, I'm sure 
they will prove very useful to Voldemort in the books to come.


> K: On the other hand, is it possible for dementors to 
> take the life force they have sucked in and pass it on to someone 
> else or restore it to the original person?  Or do you think that's a 
> little too much B Horror Movie-esque (Night of the Living Dead)?
> 

S: That would certainly be creepy wouldn't it. I don't think so though & this 
is why...Lupin explains in PoA about the Dementors Kiss & says "There's no 
chance at all of recovery" I think its the same with the 'life force' they 
feed off it & use it as fuel for their being. 

Really good questions though... think I'll reread PoA tonight. :)

~Samantha


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