LV's experiments - The Deadly Protection

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 122358


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

> 
> Tonks here:
> 
> Ok.  We know that there is a bond between Harry and LV. So LV put 
> part of himself into Harry.  So what LV did was to come up with a 
> method that if anyone tries to AK him he is able to put his soul 
> into that person.  Would explain why DD wouldn't try to AK him.  Not 
> a total answer, but I don't know what else to add.  Any helpers?
> 
> Tonks_op


bboyminn:

This theory has been touched on before, but I was never drawn to it
until I read your simple short explanation.

Please allow me to try and expand the theory, and we'll see if we are
on the same track.

Basic Premise:
Among his many self-protections, Voldemort enchanted himself in a way
that would allow his /Essential SELF/ to take over the body of any
person who killed him. 

This would certainly guard him from attack. Anyone who attempted to
destroy Voldemort, would in fact end up destroying themselves, and in
the process donate their own body to be Voldemort's new host body.
That doesn't cover every possible cause of death, but for someone as
hated as Voldemort, it certainly covers one really big one.

The Flaw:
Just one small flaw in this self-protection enchantment, it doesn't
cover suicide. Well, OK, what happened wasn't exactly suicide, but
Voldemort, when he attacked Harry, in essense, died by his own hand.
The very Killing Curse he cast was the curse the killed him. 

The Problem:
First, and most obvious, is that he was 'killed' by a Killing Curse
that he cast himself, meaning that he couldn't enter the body of the
person that killed him, because that person was him; both the killer
and the killed.

Second, this was a Rebounded Curse, there is no way any dark wizard
could have foreseen his own curse rebounding on him. Especially, not
someone like Voldemort who has hordes of minion who do most of his
killing for him.

The Result:
Because of the /rebound/, the curse that tore Voldemort from his body
came from Harry. However, it wasn't cast by Harry. That allowed for
some essense of Voldemort to enter Harry, but because Harry didn't
actually cast the spell nor did he consciously try to kill Voldemort,
the transfer couldn't be completed. The limited and unusual
circumstance only allow a small part of Voldemort to transfer. Harry
had limited liability, therefore suffered limited consequences.

None the less, Voldemort was killed but since the curse was cast by
his own now dead body, he was forced out of his body, but had no where
to go. The body that killed him was dead. That left him to live as
Vapormort.

The Future:
Very confusing.... One could speculate that if Voldemort tries to kill
Harry, he will again, in a sense, be killing himself, or at least, a
part of himself. Hard to guess the result, but certainly a sticky problem.

On the other hand, I'm not sure what would happen if Harry tries to
kill Voldemort. Would that open the door for the /rest/ of Voldemort
to enter Harry, or would we again run into the problem of 'essense of
Voldemort' being both the killer and the killed?

I think the idea has potential, but what it means for the rest of the
series is hard to guess, and I'm usually pretty good about guessing;
although, I'm frequently wrong, I'm rarely at a loss of speculation.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)