[HPforGrownups] Re: Neville in the end - Who kills in the end?

[Phil Vlasak]

No: HPFGUIDX 103028


>
>asian_lovr2:
>
>Well, who would know better than a 10 year old. Actually, I wasn't
>being entirely serious, my point was serious, but I admit my examples
>were a bit frivolous. The point was that the anti-hero can die in the
>end without the need for the hero to become a murderer or killer.
>
>In my somewhat frivolous examples, indeed the hero ends the story in a
>grand magnanimous act of heroism, showing once and for all that he is
>truly the greater person. Admittedly, this occurs mostly in low-budget
>poorly written 'B' grade movies and TV shows, but is estabilishes a
>precedent.
>
>Do I want Lord-V to die? Yes, but I don't want Harry to kill him with
>a direct conscious intentional act of harm. I want the books to end
>with Harry's virtue not his vengeance.
>
>In reality, I'm completely stumped for a workable ending (a tribute to
>the author). Voldemort must the completely and thoroughly vanquished,
>but he doesn't necessarily have to die. Although, I think Lord-V will
>die; the question is will Harry kill him, and will Harry die with him.
>I hope Harry will somehow cause his death, but again, I don't want
>Harry to kill him with a direct willful act of harm.
>
>Would Harry be justified in killing Voldemort? Absolutely, clear cut
>case of self-defense, even if Harry Death Curse's Lord-V in the back,
>it would justifiable from the perspective of a soldier in wartime. But
>just because something is right doesn't mean it isn't wrong (legally
>right & morally wrong).
>
>
>
> > Cheryl/Lynx continues:
>
> >
> > I'm afraid the closest I can come to any of your scenarios is LV vs
> > Harry in the Death Chamber and LV falling through the veil when he
> > tries to shove Harry through ... or, better yet, all LV's victims,
> > summoned by Harry's struggles, reaching through, grabbing him and
> > dragging him in after them. LV gets his just deserts, his victims
> > get their revenge, all is well.
> >
> > The Other Cheryl

Now Phil comments:
I don't know how LV will die, but he is so afraid of death, he will 
probably become a ghost.
I wonder what Moaning Myrtle  would do if her killer haunted the school too?


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