Clues in COS (was Re: Dumbledore's integrity)

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 79909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Linda" 
<twelve_grimmauld_place at h...> wrote:
> We find out in CoS that some of Voldemort's powers were 
transferred 
> to Harry when the curse rebounded.  Is that because the 
> curse 'malfunctioned', so to speak, when it hit baby Harry? Or 
does 
> the killing curse normally transfer the powers of the victim to 
the 
> culprit?  
> 
> For example:  when Dumbledore defeated Grindlewald, did he gain 
> Grindlewald's powers?  Wizards are long-lived, but Dumbledore is 
150 
> or so.  Has his extra life-span come from taking the life of 
another 
> wizard?
> 
> Voldemort said in GoF that his goal is to conquer death.  Does he 
> prolong/strengthen his life force by 'feeding off' others?  Why 
would 
> that be important for the septology?  
> 
I was thinking that that might be the reason why Voldemort wanted 
nobody else to kill Harry but himself; he waved them off in GoF, and 
I thought that was why Lucius was careful not to AK Harry in the 
shootout at the end - I presumed he was acting on orders from LV.  
But Voldemort was willing for Dumbledore to kill Harry when he 
possessed him, so it looks as if he wasn't worried that Harry's 
powers would be transferred to his enemy, making him even more 
powerful.  Now I don't know if that theory is valid anymore.

Wanda