Voldermort's "death"

[ginnysthe1]

No: HPFGUIDX 119395


whimsyflower (wildflower) wrote:
<snip> I've spent some time musing on what it would take to kill LV, 
but then I looked at the prophecy again.  It does not actually say 
that Harry has the power to kill LV.  After Harry heard the prophecy 
in OOP, Harry assumed it meant he would have to kill LV, but the 
prophecy actually says Harry has the power to "vanquish" LV.  What if 
vanquishing does not mean killing, but somehow redeeming?  or 
emptying of evil?  I wonder if somehow Harry forgives LV or sees some 
good in him, and because Harry does so, LV is vanquished or looses 
his power or becomes impotent or is rendered no longer evil?
> 
> Alas, many more questions than answers, but I would love to hear
> others' thoughts on these possibilities.

Hi!  Kim here:
I (and other posters) had some thoughts on this topic probably back 
in Sept. or Oct. this year (can't remember the post nos. or titles, 
sorry), but I still think it's an intriguing question.  By asking the 
question about vanquishing possibly not meaning killing, do you lean 
in the direction of a Lord Voldemort redemption?  If so, I'm with you 
on that.

I somehow doubt that Harry or anyone else will actually be able 
to "kill" Voldemort, because I don't think he's been killable for 
some time, not even after taking Harry's blood in GoF.  I also don't 
think Harry is actually killable either, not by LV's hand at any 
rate.  I think it would be quite a twist if LV survived the final 
battles, though it would be much less severe and final a fate for the 
evil one than some folks might wish for.  It even seems likely that 
Harry's forgiving nature might make him forgive even LV.  But I'd 
still like Harry to "vanquish" LV's evil nature.  That's the main 
point, isn't it -- to stop the evil, not just to get even with LV?  
Whereas if Harry kills LV, what's to say he'll actually be dead, like 
last time he was "killed" back in Godric's Hollow and he didn't 
really die?  Redemption would be a much more effective way of 
rendering LV powerless for good, and besides, as repayment for his 
crimes, he might then be made to do some really helpful community 
service, such as volunteer work in a Muggle orphanage... ;-)

As to how to render LV powerless and possibly even good, I'd had the 
idea that LV could somehow be lured into that mysterious locked room 
in the Dept. of Mysteries and "neutralized" (that is, if being in 
there didn't just vaporize him instead...)

Kim