Bang! You're Dead. (was:Voldemorts animus...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 85853

> I have speculated in the past that, in the end, it will not be a 
show
> of raw force on Harry's part that defeats Voldemort, but an act of
> compassion, of benevolence, mercy, and charity that causes Voldemort
> to crumble in the face of a power he can never understand. 
> 
> We know that Voldemort must be vanquished, he must be crushed and
> destroyed. Although it is only implied, I'm not so sure
> Voldemort/Riddle has to be dead in the standard sense. In the OoP
> battle at the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore seems to imply that
> Voldemort can be destroyed in ways that are far more powerful than 
death.
> 

Geoff:
This reminds me of LOTR again in which it is said that, if the Great 
Ring is destroyed, Sauron will fall again and will fall so far that 
there will be no opportunity of arising again because he transferred 
so much of his power to the Ring and he will remaina powerless spirit 
of malice. Perhaps something similar would be a fate worse than death 
for Voldemort.