Questions! Questions! Questions!

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No: HPFGUIDX 110366

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kate Harding <phoenix at r...> 
wrote:
> 
psyche:
> Personally I think that in some way there is only enough life 
between them for one person. I don't know how the metaphysics would 
work, but this would explain why DD couldn't kill Voldemort - if one 
of them died the other would still only be half alive. It also makes 
sense to me in terms of the prophecy. It said 'Either must die at 
the hands of the other, for neither can live while the other 
survives'. So why can neither live? Perhaps it's meant literally  
that while both survive, both are only half alive. And I think the 
use of 'Either' is very significant - why not say 'one must die at 
the hands of the other'?
> 
We've seen that some of Voldemort passed into Harry (parseltongue, 
memories), so it seems plausible that some of Harry passed into 
Voldemort.  Perhaps this exchange was lifeforce, for want of a 
better word.
> 

Marcela here:

I have the same theory, that both of them are 'connected' in such a 
way that they are not 'individuals':
..." Nowadays, however, his scar hardly ever stopped prickling, and 
he often felt lurches of annoyance or cheerfulness that were 
unrelated to what was happening to him at the time, which were 
always accompanied by a particularly painful twinge from his scar.  
He had the horrible impression that he was slowly turning into a 
kind of aerial that was tuned in to tiny fluctuations in Voldemort's 
mood..."... OoTP, pages 553/4 hardback SE.

As for LV's feelings, we get a glimpse of them when he couln't stand 
possessing Harry at the MoM, and to be honest, that was pretty much 
the only time that Harry felt his heart being overpowered by LOvE, 
there weren't many instances for LV to get feedback from Harry since 
he was 'reborn', as Harry had a terrible year...

So, DD knows the prophecy, knows that both of them are 'connected' 
but in 'essence divided' -the smoky serpent coming out of one of his 
silvery gadgets (?), so that's why I think he didn't dare kill LV.  
DD knows that 'either' in the prophecy plainly says that *no one 
else* can kill LV and/or Harry, and that for that to happen it has 
to be done 'at the hand of the other'.

I believe that the next two books will deal with finding a way 
to 'split' that connection... How? I don't know, but from hints in 
PS and GoF and JKR's answers in interviews, I think that 'blood 
alchemy' will play an important role, combined with Occlumency (for 
Harry's sanity) and Legilimency.

Marcela
Who desperately wants Harry to survive and not be the sacrificial 
son, that's not what Lily and James died for, after all.