Voldemort and Death

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 103009

>>> Wanda wrote:
>> 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. <<

Bren now:

Maybe this is the power of LV that Dumbledore will never have?? That 
LV's virtually immortal? That's one creepy thought.

What about the unicorn blood he took? Cursed half-life...

>> I've always wondered why LV *didn't* die at Godric's Hollow. 
<snip> (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). <<

OOO!! PLEASE please DO!! There are many theories even more far-
fetched than time travel and they're still all welcomed here!

>> 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. <<

AFter all, there are some things worse than Death that LV doesn't 
know of. I wonder why he is so afraid of death. Perhaps Tom Riddle 
had to die for the Vapormort to take possession of him.

LV can be mortal once the connection with HArry is broken? NICE, I 
like that.


>>> Phil: Now Phil quickly looks up in GOF, CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
>            THE DEATH EATERS
> LV says...
> But I was willing to
> embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. I set my
> sights lower ... I would settle for my old body back again, and
> my old strength. <<<

Bren now:

What does he mean by his "old body"? 
(1) The old Tom Riddle body? or...
(2) The old Voldemort before his downfall at GH?

I'm leaning towards (1) myself, although I can't see why LV would 
willingly go back to his half-Muggle, mortal body that hadn't been 
contaminated by many dangerous Dark transformations.

But if LV meant (2), how is his new body so different from the old VM 
one that he will want to "settle for" it?

Questions, Questions...

Bren