[HPforGrownups] Voldemort: Between Life and Death? (Long)

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 110138


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "inkling108"
>
> The two key questions JKR spoke of today in Edinburg both concern
> the nature of Voldemort's "life."  Why didn't he die when the curse
> rebounded, and why didn't Dumbledore try to kill him when he had the
> chance?
>
>
> It's striking that in GoF and OotP, the returned Voldemort is never
> referred to as alive.  Instead, everyone says "he's returned," "he's
> back," or "he got his body back."  No one says "he lives" (not even
> the Death Eaters) or "he's alive again."  True, he calls the
> ceremony that brings him back a "rebirthing."  Question is, what
> exactly was reborn and in what fashion?

charme:

The more I keep reading these theories, the more I focus on how much like
someone who has had his soul "sucked out" by a Dementor that Voldemort
really is.  I mean, the similiarities are astonishing according to Lupin's
description in PoA:

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest
the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain
peace, hope,and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel
their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a dementor and
every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can,
the dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like
itself...soul-less and evil. You will be left with nothing but the worst
experiences of your life."

How interesting that to my way of thinking, the last 2 sentences seem to
describe LV perfectly, IMO.

charme