[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldermort's "death"

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 119438

> imamommy:
> 
> Encouraged by moonmyst's response to one of my previous 
> posts, I am again going to jump into the fray with my pet 
> theory:  I think somehow Lord Voldemort will have his soul 
> eaten my a dementor.  I think that somehow Harry will trick 
> LV into possesing him, and a dementor will Kiss Harry, but 
> somehow Harry will retain his soul and survive to tell the tale.
> 
> Here are links to my former posts, #119306 and #119223
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/119306
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/119223
> 
> imamommy
> who is going to keep bringing this idea up until it gets read 
> a bit more widely, and I receive more replies because I'm 
> really interested in getting feedback on it

Vivamus:
It's a very interesting idea, but what would keep LV from abandoning Harry
as soon as the dementors approach?  Of course, if LV's body gets destroyed,
and he somehow joins with Harry *after* that, then he has nowhere else to go
but oblivion.  I would NOT like to see LV as a ghost (shudder).

Based on a charm by DD when Harry was an infant, perhaps, so that Harry's
soul would be the one to stay and LV's would be the one to be sucked out?
It seems a bit of a stretch, but it could be so.  

It would also imply that most of Harry's magical powers (and perhaps his
scar) could disappear as well, although I would not like to see that.  As
the heir-apparent to DD, I would like to think that Harry will come out of
this with his powers intact, if not his virtue.   

And no, I don't think his virtue is going to be intact.  His Godfather has
died because of his bad choices, and I don't think he has anyone he trusts
enough to listen to about changing -- with the possible exceptions of Luna
and Ginny -- so I think he is going to make even worse decisions in HBP,
with even worse consequences -- mainly the death of DD.  The guilt from that
is finally going to get his attention and settle him down, as he realizes
that he is only human, after all.

Or, how about this?   Harry's bad choices cause the deaths of the Dursleys.
In some ways, that would be even worse than causing the death of DD, because
the Dursleys, as bad as they are to Harry, are not a part of the WW, are not
a part of the war, and haven't done anything EXCEPT provide shelter for a
child who, it turned out, really was a mortal danger to them all.   Sure,
they have been horrible to Harry.  But they would much rather have simply
been left alone; they were awful to him because he was an unwelcome danger
in their home.   If they die as a result of Harry's
carelessness/recklessness/stupidity/whatever, Harry will have to deal with
the fact that (1) he really was as dangerous to the Dursleys as their awful
treatment of him implied, and (2) he repaid their grudging hospitality by
getting them all killed.  

Talk about mixed emotions!  The feelings over that could even be the fulcrum
on which Harry's final choice ultimately hinges -- to be TR/LV, or to be DD.
On the one hand, he can quite easily say, "yes!  No more Dursleys!" and he
is well on his way to the dark side.  On the other, he can realize what he
has done, and finally slow down enough to take an honest look at himself.

Vivamus