"Why didn't Dumbledore try to kill Voldemort...?"

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No: HPFGUIDX 113492

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "harriet_lupin" 
<harriet_lupin at y...> wrote:
> JKR says that that is one of the two questions that people should 
ask 
> but haven't asked.  Well, I feel the reason why people haven't 
asked 
> it is because the answer is given to us in the Prophecy in Book 5...
> 
> JKR  tells us that only Harry can kill V and D knows it.  I feel 
that 
> D is stalling when he stands up to V in the MoM, when he tells V 
that 
> there are things "worse than death".  He can only defend Harry by 
> putting things in the path of V's would-be death curse.  We all 
know 
> that D cannot kill V.
> 
> Maybe what JKR is referring to pertains to the things that V did to 
> himself to try and gain immortality.  I feel that Harry may be the 
> only one who could penetrate this "wall" that may be surrounding V.
> 
> Now, I'm really babbling on....  Any thoughts?
> 
> Harriet

JKR says that that is one of the two questions that people should ask
but haven't asked. Well, I feel the reason why people haven't asked
it is because the answer is given to us in the Prophecy in Book 5...

JKR tells us that only Harry can kill V and D knows it. I feel that
D is stalling when he stands up to V in the MoM, when he tells V that
there are things "worse than death". He can only defend Harry by
putting things in the path of V's would-be death curse. We all know
that D cannot kill V.

Maybe what JKR is referring to pertains to the things that V did to
himself to try and gain immortality. I feel that Harry may be the
only one who could penetrate this "wall" that may be surrounding V.

Now, I'm really babbling on.... Any thoughts?

Harriet

Snow:

I don't think it's babbling at all. In fact this is the reason Harry 
is the only one who can take Voldy down. Harry has been made Voldy's 
equal because he has part of Voldy. I wrote about this quite a while 
ago where I thought that Harry and Voldy were somewhat like conjoined 
twins. There connection was mental rather than physical. As with 
conjoined twins sometimes only one survives in the separation. The 
tie between Harry and Voldy was made at GH when Voldy made them 
equals by literally giving of himself to Harry. 
You did however make me think of a new topic
if Voldy had immortality 
could he have unintentionally passed that on too? Wow! This would be 
a far cry from Harry surviving but without powers. 

Snow-A fate worse than death
to outlive everyone you care about or 
who cared about you
ask just about any older person