[HPforGrownups] Re: Bang! You're Dead.

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 86028

Robert

> But can Voldemort ever be considered unarmed?
>
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> If Harry should find Voldemort sleeping peacefully, he should not
> hesitate to kill him out of moral qualms (though fear of a trap would
> be a very good reason to hesitate).
>
> For Harry to wake Voldemort up, so he can fight him in a fair duel,
> would be sheer folly.
>
>
K

Now I certainly don't disagree with you about how unlikely it is for
Voldemort to not be an active danger when Harry encounters him. I can't
think of any situation outside of him being asleep (which since he would
have guards/sidekicks is unlikely) or unconscious where he wouldn't be
fighting back.

However I do disagree that Harry should kill him in the above situation. I
also agree that from a plot pov Voldemort really needs to end up dead to tie
up all loose ends (especially if JKR seriously wants to resist writing any
more stories). And I don't want him to fight a fair duel (for one thing a
duel would be awkward with the brother wands) but he could stun him while he
was asleep, hand him over to the Ministry and then frankly it's their
problem as to how the legal system wants to deal with him. The Potterverse
legal system doesn't seem to have the death penalty so I admit they may have
a major problem doing that, but tough.

For Harry to kill someone unnecessarily would make him as bad as any of the
Death Eaters in my book.

K