LV Inmortality

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 115423


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jlnbtr" <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
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> jlnbtr now:
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> ...edited...
> The reason DD didn't even tried to kill LV is because he's aware of 
> the prophecy, he knows only Harry can kill him, so what's the point 
> of trying to do something that'll never work? ...edited...
> 
> Have a great day everyone
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> Juli/jlnbtr


bboyminn:

Well, I think you are on the right track but I think it goes deeper
than that. 

I think Dumbledore is uncertain as to whether or not he can kill
Voldemort. Because he can not predict the outcome, he can't risk
trying. More importantly at this point Voldemort doesn't really know
whether Dumbledore can kill him or not, and to Dumbledore that is a
vital and critical uncertainty; an uncertainty which give Dumbledore a
strategic advantage.

Imagine what would happen if Dumbledore cast his most powerful Death
Curse at Voldemort, made a direct hit, and nothing happened. That
would tell Voldemort that the most powerful wizard in the world, the
one wizard that Voldemort truly feared most was in fact powerless to
harm him. Voldemort would realize that he was truly invincible,
nothing could harm him, and nothing could stop him; he reign of terror
would be unrestrained, brutal, and ruthless. He would sweep through
the wizard world like a cyclone/tornado through a trailer/caravan park. 

Dumbledore simply couldn't take that chance. Maybe he could kill
Voldemort, maybe he couldn't, but he absolutely could not risk trying
and failing. Therefore, he absolutely could not risk trying.

I think the same is true of Harry and Voldemort. Voldemort would like
to think he can AK Harry, and probably says so with confidence to
anyone who will listen, but given what happened the last time he
tried, he must certainly have doubts about it.

We see Voldemort enter the Atrium of the Min'o'Mag and immediately
attempt to kill Harry, but I think that was in a fit of anger and
frustration. When prevented from doing so, he continues to battle with
Dumbledore, but, in my view, has opportunities to try to kill Harry
again, but he doesn't seize them. Why? Because now he has had a chance
to cool down, and that old uncertainty has creeped back in. 

If Voldemort had time to possess Harry, then it would seem that he
also had more than enough time to curse him, but he didn't. Of course,
that may have had to do with Dumbledore's present. He many have
believed that it would be the ultimate coup to make Dumbledore kill
Harry, and there was very like NOTHING to protect Harry from
Dumbledore's curse.

Also, we must consider the degree to which Voldemort would lose face,
if it became know to the other Death Eaters and to the wizard world
the Harry Potter was invulnerable to harm by Voldemort.

So, in both cases, I think we are seeing an uncertainty by these
character as to whether they truly have the power to kill other
critical character, and neither of them can afford the strategic
consequences of trying and failing.

Just adding an addition point to the discussion.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)