[HPforGrownups] Re: LV Inmortality

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 115784


From: "Tammy"

> Tammy:
> I think that Dumbledore knows that Harry is the only person who can
> kill LV. My pet theory revolves around Dumbledore knowing what LV did
> to make himself immortal, thus he knows that no one can kill him
> (perhaps this is information that Snape supplied to Dumbledore).
> Voldemort is fulfilling the prophesy, first by picking Harry and
> "marking him" as an equal. Then by insisting that it's HARRY who has
> to supply the blood to return him to his body, LV makes Harry the only
> person who can kill him. That explains the gleam in Dumbledore's eye
> when Harry tells him in GoF that LV used Harry's blood. Dumbledore
> didn't try to kill LV in the MoM battle because he knows that Harry is
> the only one who CAN kill LV. (of course my theory is much longer and
> drawn out with examples and such, but that's the basics. I'm sure I'm
> not the only buying into this theory of the prophesy/why DD didn't
> kill LV)
>

charme:

This is a theory I can buy, other than the thought that keeps floating
around in the back of my brain concerning LV's graveyard comments in GoF
about being "less than the meanest ghost" and Sir Nick's statements to Harry
in OoP regarding how people chose not to "go on" when they died and became
ghosts. Adding those parts and a few other references together, it causes me
(maybe you folks will think I'm whack & I'm ok with that ;)) to wonder if in
fact LV wasn't "dead" in a sense prior to the incident at GH, hence why he
couldn't "die" then. I concur with the thought above about DD suspecting or
knowing only Harry can "kill" LV because of LV using Harry's blood, but I
have the sneaking suspicion it's much more complicated than that. I wonder
as well about the "half life" Firenze referred to in PS/SS and how that
plays into this mix:  how do you "kill" something which may be less than
alive but may not truly be able to experience death? I suspect (only a
suspicion) LV used many methods to try to achieve immortality: snake venom,
potions (Snape), unicorn blood (that's after GH, but may count toward LV's
current state), and perhaps dragon blood (check his appearance description
in GoF as he's lowered into the cauldron.)

I've read the "Changling" theory and while I think it's brilliantly written,
I don't completely buy into it. LV rather reminds me of a poltergeist (or
even demon maybe although that seems severe) superior to Peeves - and I'm
not sure how Peeves came to be.  Anyone know?

charme