LV Inmortality (plus Predicting the future)

[kim reynolds]

No: HPFGUIDX 115852


mhbobbin wrote: 
> Now, why didn't DD try to kill LV in his duel with him in the MoM --(not obviously when Harry was possessed by LV) if he thought that LV might now be slightly mortal? Does DD really put that much faith in a prophecy that indicates Harry must be the Vanquisher? Hasn't DD worked to that point to convince Harry (and us) that predicting the future is at best an inexact skill?<<


Carol replied:
>For one thing, he has powers that he's "too noble to use," as McGonagall informs us at the very beginning of the series. That would include the Unforgiveable Curses. (And, no, it wouldn't be noble to avoid using an AK so Harry could use the same spell later. There must be another, less evil way, to destroy Voldemort that only Harry can use).<<

Kim:
I've been wondering whether having Harry's blood running through his veins now makes Voldemort more mortal or actually more *immortal*.  More human, surely.  But more mortal, it's not so sure, since it was Harry's special "blood" that made him unkillable (at least at Voldemort's hands) when he was a mere baby. Maybe LV shares some of that kind of immortality now.  Horrible to imagine, but possible.   Which also brings up another question:  how can LV bear to have Harry's blood in him if he can hardly bear to be in the same body as Harry (i.e. possession) as he demonstrated at the MoM battle in OotP?

Also I've been wondering if a time-turner, whose powers DD is obviously well-versed in, would have allowed him to go forward in time, not just backward as in PoA. Maybe DD has been to the future and knows "first-hand" what will happen, so he's not just trusting in the future as predicted by the prophecy... unless I missed something when time turners were first mentioned that said they allowed travel to the past only?

I think Carol makes a good point, that since DD won't use an Unforgiveable curse himself, he'd hardly expect Harry to use one, even to vanquish the Dark Lord.  I think JKR definitely has something else up her sleeve as to how LV will meet his end.

Kim