[HPforGrownups] Re: What's in the locked room?

[Silverthorne Dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 89360

Carol:
I was with you up to this point, but Voldemort is only about 65 in
OoP, early middle age by wizard standards. Maybe he's used up some of
his natural life through his transformations, not to mention drinking
unicorn blood, though maybe that affected only Quirrell. But as far as
his life in wizard years is concerned, he's nowhere near the end of
it. he's close in age to Hagrid, who appears to be in the prime of
life, younger than McGonagall, and far younger (by some 85 years) than
sprightly old Dumbledore.

So unless he has somehow used up his span of years, what would
probably happen if he encountered Life as you define it is that he
would become Tom Riddle, dark wizard, age 65


{Anne}

Well, if we go by the possible age span of a wizard, that's
correct...however, Voldemort has "Died" a few times already--when Harry the
infant backfired his spell on him, when he lost Quirrel's host body, the
destruction of his forming body when Harry stabs his diary with the basilisk
tooth...and so forth. Now he's in a new body--or is that a 'remake' of his
old one from the grave? Point is, he has already died, repeatedly in
fact....but is still around. Definetly braking the rules of Life and Death,
so I would think that yes, he has indeed used up his span of years...he
should be long dead--whether because he was killed or died naturally is sort
of a moot point in his case. His 'natural' span was already ended.