A Dark Lord or _The_ Dark Lord? was Re: How will Harry win in the end? (long)

[Hitomi]

No: HPFGUIDX 91286

> Eustace_Scrubb wrote: 
> If we assume (I do) that Harry does defeat LV (at what cost, we do 
not
> know), what does this mean to the future of the WW?  Is LV just
> another in long line of powerful dark wizards, his most recent
> predecessor being Grindelwald?  Does every generation of the WW 
have
> to fight its own Dark Lord?  Is one of LV's followers his 
successor? 
> Did Grindelwald's followers (I assume he had some) just fade back 
into
> the woodwork or were some ready and waiting for their next leader, 
LV?
> 
> Or is LV somehow THE dark lord, the one whose defeat will forever
> change the WW?  Is HP vs. LV literally the war to end all wars?

Hitomi:
I've wondered that, too.  But then you remember all the quotes where 
LV is said to be the most powerful Dark Wizard to ever exist (and he 
has to be more powerful than Grindelwald, otherwise DD could defeat 
him).  So, I'd say on a purely hypothetical level, that there will 
always be Dark Wizards, but they may never become as powerful as 
LV.  Which is why we all believe he can't be defeated by 
conventional means, and why all those theories about "love" 
and "hope" and such are floating around.

So I kind of see LV as the antithesis to Merlin.  Everyone always 
swears by Merlin's beard in the WW.  Maybe Merlin was the most 
powerful Good Wizard to ever exist.  Makes you wonder where DD 
stands in the scheme of things, and where Harry will stand in the 
scheme of history, once LV is defeated.

One of LV's followers being a supporter of Grindelwald is an 
interesting theory, but I doubt we'll ever be told for sure.  And I 
highly doubt LV's Death Eaters will fade back into any woodwork.  
LV's reign has got to end, and I think Harry and DD would see to it 
that none of his close-knit circle of supporters remained.  
Otherwise, we would just be waiting for the third phase of this war 
to start, with someone leading the Death Eater's cause (which would 
be very Real Life, but this is an epic series - I think Rowling will 
tie up all the lose ends concerning the house elves, centaurs, 
giants, goblins, and pure-blood vs. half-blood/muggle-born 
nonsense).  Just my opinion, anyway, though I hope the MOM will lock 
up the Death Eaters in a more secure place than Azkaban and its 
Dementors.  And I seriously hope there won't be some weird Nuremburg-
Trials-wannabe-scene concerning the Death Eaters.

But even if this goes down as the worst Wizarding War in history, I 
think we can safely say there will always a need for Aurors.

~ Hitomi