How will Harry kill LV

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 127331


Jim Ferer (me): Consider this when you think of how Harry could end
Voldemort:

Voldemort is not naturally alive. His existence is only maintained by
the operation of magic.

Harry and Voldemort are linked. Their fates are intertwined, perhaps
totally intertwined.

Then ask this: Of the two, Harry and Voldemort, who are linked, what
would happen to the other if one of them lost his magic? What would
happen to Voldemort if magic left him?

Snow:

I think you hit the nail on the head but then again it fits my theory
nicely, 'Satellite Harry'. :-) If Harry has all of Voldemort's powers
(except the one power that Voldy was left with, possession) but the
connection between them allows Voldemort access to those powers, all
Harry has to do is deny access. Harry doesn't realize the connection
yet so he can't deny access until he does
there goes that Occlumency
thingy. If Harry can realize the magic that was bestowed upon him and
deny the use through Occlumency, Voldemort has no magic beyond his
possession device.

What made me think of this is when you said, "What would happen to the
other" if one of them lost their magic. The prophecy "other" comes to
mind in bright light.

May just be my warped thinking again

Jim again:

Interesting take on it.  Here's mine, and I realize I've posted it
before, but it never got any comment:

If Harry destroys his own ability to do magic, then magic will leave
Voldemort, too, and he will cease to exist.  This will be Harry's
ultimate sacrifice, giving up the thing that saved him from his misery
at the Dursley's and made him special.  After this kind of death,
Harry will be "reborn" into the love and adulation of his friends and
the wizarding world. His ability to love - love enough to make the
sacrifice - remains, because it's the power Voldemort knows not.

This hypothesis is attractive to me because it's the most
heartwrenching sacrifice Harry could ever make, more than his physical
life, even, and a harder decision. There's been discussion of
religious parallels before with respect to Harry, and they're obvious
in this scenario.  And Harry, Frodo-like, saves the world for everyone
but himself.

It works for JKR's themes and the ideas of sacrifice and love JKR's
been giving us.

There's no evidence for this, but here's a clue we might see in HBP or
Book 7: if we hear of someone who's had the magic taken away from him
or her, or deliberately destroyed it (Petunia?), then I'll take it as
a foreshadowing.

Jim Ferer