Voldemort and Death

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 103006

The discussion about who will kill Voldemort, Harry or Neville, and 
if that will necessarily entail Harry's death as well have got me 
wondering about Voldemort and Death.  I wonder, is it perhaps 
*impossible* for Voldemort to die?  I remember in PS, when Hagrid is 
describing the aftermath of the GH confrontation, he says that some 
thought that Voldemort was dead, but HE figured that LV didn't have 
enough human left in him to die.  I've always wondered why LV 
*didn't* die at Godric's Hollow. I think that Harry's survival and 
his survival were somehow linked - basically, they were both hit by 
an AK curse, and both survived when neither should have.  (I have my 
own theory, but I won't describe it here, because it involves time 
travel and I understand that subject has become rather prickly to 
some people).  Could "the power" that the Dark Lord knows not 
(according to the prophecy) be Death?  Perhaps Harry has the power 
to die, which Voldemort is incapable of, at least under present 
circumstances.  I can imagine the possibility that Harry's death 
might finally make it *possible* for Voldemort to die; he might even 
realize that he wants to die, like a vampire, instead of persisting 
forever in a kind of malignant immortality.  But I don't hold out 
too much hope of Voldemort "seeing the light" in any way, and expect 
he'll probably have to be shoved into the next world, rather than 
going willingly.

Wanda