William Gibson knew how to kill Voldemort!

[ericoppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 106143

I don't know if any of you (or Herself) has ever read William 
Gibson's seminal science-fiction short story "Johnny Mnemonic," butin 
it, I think there is a key to killing Voldemort.  At the beginning of 
the story, the hero/narrator, Johnny, reflects:  

"If they think you're crude, go technical.  If they think you're 
technical, go crude.  I'm a very technical boy, so I went as crude as 
possible." Substitute "magical" for "technical," and you've got the 
key.

We know that it is possible to prevent magic from working in limited 
areas---the Anti-Apparition Jinx that D'dore cast at the MoM in OotP, 
or the similar field that, as Little Miss Smarty-Pants reminds us 
with great regularity, prevents _anybody_ from Apparating onto or out 
of Hogwarts property. From this, I can postulate the possibility of 
somehow or other preventing all magic from working, in a given area.  

Without magic, what is Voldemort?  What are the DEs?  They'd be like 
Muggles whose electricity had suddenly stopped working, wouldn't 
they?  At that moment, Harry, who _is_ familiar with doing things 
without the benefit of magic, and Muggle-born Hermione, find 
themselves at an advantage.  

Without magic, baseball bats, and other instruments of...attitude 
adjustment...still work just fine.  And somehow, I don't think that 
Voldemort, new body or no, is exactly up on the noble art of self-
defense without magic.  Matter of fact, the Big V might be weak as a 
kitten.  

"There's nothing wrong with you...that I can't fix...with my hands."--
-Frank Miller, in _Batman: The Dark Knight Returns_