Voldemort, dragon's blood and the AK curse (revised)

[firebird]

No: HPFGUIDX 130532

>bboyminn wrote:
>A lot of people have speculated that Snape helped Voldemort with 
>his Immortality Experiments, but Voldemort is twice as old as 
>Snape. I have to believe Voldemort performed many, or some, of 
>his experiments before Snape was even born. That however, does 
>not mean that Snape couldn't have help with later experiments.

firebird now:
Despite the age difference, I like this idea. It would help to 
account for Snape's extremely complicated attitude toward Harry. 
If he feels some residual guilt for LV'S survival, that would 
explain why he protects Harry and torments him at the same time. 
Very interesting.

>bboyminn wrote: 
>People are always specualting that Lily performed, /performed/ 
>not just invoked, some ancient magic at Godrics Hollow. Perhaps 
>she was feeding Harry a dragon blood potion to protect him.
>
>Others, meaning ME, have speculated that Voldemort will kill 
>Harry but only by technical definition. In that moment of Harry's >apparent death, Voldemort will be at his peak vulnerability, 
>which will allow someone else to kill him. So, to allow Harry a 
>technical death but still protecting him from true death, Harry 
>will take a protective, but short term, dragon blood potion, 
>and/or a restorative or reviving dragon blood potion. 

firebird now:
Very Romeo-and-Juliet (the part about taking a potion that 
simulates death). Those are perfectly plausible theories, but for 
some reason that I can't explain, I'd rather think that love alone 
is what saved Harry in the beginning and will somehow save him in 
the end. Pretty soppy (and not particularly canonical), but there 
it is.

>Firebird earlier: 
>
 come to think of it, Voldy IS an experiment in immorality. 
>
>Geoff:
>Your final line reminded me of one of my favourite quotes from 
>the Narnia books.
> <snip quote>
>
>Now all we need is for us to fit Voldemort into a similar context 
>and he will rush from the scene blushing - not because Harry 
>kissed him as I wickedly suggested in message 129988 - but 
>because of acute embarrassment at being laughed at.... :-)

firebird now:
Sounds like a job for the Weasley twins. Actually, I've always 
thought that the joke shop will play some kind of pivotal role in 
the end. There's something about Gred and Forge's subversive humor that might really shake up LV. After all, if there was ever a guy 
who takes himself too seriously, it's the DL.