How about. . .this ending?. . .and more.

[whimsyflower]

No: HPFGUIDX 95169

In HPfor Grownups at yahoogroups.com Steve <bboy_mn at y...> wrote in 
message 95157:

>snip. . .
>Voldermort is vanquished, ripped from his body, physically dead, but
>the death of his spirit or his essence is uncertain, just as it was with
>his first defeat.  The moral of the story is, 'Constant Vigilance' - Voldermort
>may be gone, but evil is always among us. . . > snip


Whimsyflower:

I'll grant you "evil is always among us," and I don't think any
ending of the series will change that, but I think there's a difference between
"the most evil wizard who has ever existed (ie: Voldermort)"  (POA, US 
edition, p.375) and the philosophical statement that evil is always among us.  
I think in the series Voldermort is presented as Evil as opposed to the evil that 
is always among us.  I don't think vanquishing Voldy will change the fact of 
evil in the world, but I do think the world will be a safer place after he's gone.


But what will getting rid of him look like?  I will not be satisfied with his being 
physically dead and the fate of his spirit or essence being uncertain.  I think 
that situation is just what you labeled it, a defeat.  For me being defeated is 
different from being vanquished.  I want being vanquished to be more
than a defeat.  I want his Evil spirit gone from the world.  Sure, ole Draco
could also be evil, but I don't think he has the brains or the desire/intent or
grit to be another Evil.  I just don't think Draco is that potent of a
character.  


And how might Volermort's Evil be vanquished?  I confess I ruminate
on JKR's saying that she "almost gave it all away" at the end of COS. 
So I expect some intermingling of essences or spirits, the way Ginny
"poured out her soul to me (Tom Riddle), and her soul happened to be 
exactly what I wanted... I grew powerful...powerful enough to start feeding 
Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start pouring a little of my soul back into
her. . ."  (COS, US edition, p. 310).  I expect something like intermingling 
between Harry and LV.  In some ways, that intermingling seems to have 
started already.  And I want to see Harry vanquish LV the same way he 
vanquished Tom Riddle -- by instinct, with heart, with humanity, with love, if 
you will.  JKR can suply the details, but that's the kind of ending that would be 
satisfying for me.


Whimsy