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[Grace]

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Izaskun wrote:
>LV can touch Harry because some of Harry's protection is now in his
>own blood, but I think Grace has a point. LV has now the protection
>that runs through Harry's blood but that doesn't mean he can kill
>Harry, that doesn't mean that Harry is now unprotected himself. So
>maybe he can't use the AK on Harry. We don't know for sure because
>the spell never hit Harry.


Greicy wrote:
So if this is the case, doesn't that mean the Voldemort then would
also not die if he is AKed?  And then how would Voldemort die if he
can't be AKed?


now me:

I think LV would have to resort to some method other than magic to kill
Harry.  He nearly died falling off his broom during a Quidditch match, he
could have drown in the lake, got burned to a crisp by the dragon.  I think
there are lots of ways to kill Harry. Or, if LV manages to convince the
Dementors to side with him, he doesn't need to kill Harry. A little kiss
would accomplish more.  Think of the affect it would have on the wizarding
world if they knew Harry had gotten a Dementor's kiss. That would be
psychologically more effective than killing Harry.

LV makes mistakes and he's tried several time now to duel with Harry in one
form or another. At the end of  the first book, I think he must have tried
possessing Harry and discovered that he couldn't.  Harry wakes up in the
hospital and Dumbledore tells Harry he nearly died protecting the stone.  In
the second book, Riddle pits himself (and his snake) against Harry in
another challenge and loses again.  He forgets about the unique qualities
that a phoenix has. Odd.  I doubt that I'd have trouble remembering
something like that. He over estimates Wormtail's ability to keep Crouch Sr.
in check. And then in book four, he again tries the dueling idea with Harry
and loses again.

You would think after getting his body blasted away by trying the AK curse,
and spending 14 years trying to get it back, he'd remember it didn't work
the last time. Could LV have been so stupid as to think it would work this
time?  This time, in the graveyard, he's put protection on himself - but he
didn't remove the protection from Harry.

I do think that LV got more of Wormtail's blood in him from the hand that he
got from a vial of blood out of Harry.  Would he have considered that?  If
he took the time to figure out this recipe for getting a body back, knowing
that immortality is going to have to wait just a bit, and he took the time
to figure out that Harry is the one he wants as part of his  recipe, then
you'd think he'd also have put more thought into who the willing servant
would have been.  Why Wormtail?  Why not Crouch Jr. who was more than
willing to give everything for him.  Wormtail's motivations are centered
around his own self preservation - but Crouch Jr. has the idealist's
willingness, and I would think that would have made his recipe a more
powerful one.  Crouch says it would take a very powerful wizard to fool the
GoF, meaning himself. Wormtail is described by the teachers and his former
friends as being weak. I think in the next book we find out the weakness in
LV's recipe.

Grace