PoU and Voldemort's fate

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 125865


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "juigikario" <juigikario at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Steve Bates <spicoli323 at h...> wrote in this message:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/1039
> > <snip> It has been stated, implicitly and explicitly,
> > that Voldy has become something other than a physical human and 
> > cannot be killed.  So if Voldy is killed, it will be no more than
> > a half-victory--Voldy will be no more defeated at the end of the 
> > series than he was at the beginning.  So if you can kill Voldy's
> > body but not his spirit, you'd need something that can destroy his
> > spirit as well.  
> > And, of course, JKR has already introduced something that can 
> > destroy a spirit, or "soul": a dementor.  Might it turn out that 
> > the only way to permanently get rid of Voldy is to have a dementor
> > kiss him?  If so, how to turn the dementors against Voldy?
> 
> 
> Dementor option would be out of the question; Voldemort is the 
> Dementors' ally.
> 
> Frankly, I think Tom Riddle (NOT Voldemort) will somehow manage 
> redemption, which is likely one of Dumbledore's goals. It would 
> certainly get Voldemort taken down for good in the process.
> 
> "juigikario"

Actually, it would not take down Voldemort for good.  There is no 
guarantee that Tom Riddle would not make the exact same choices he 
did the first time given a second chance.  There is also no guarantee 
that if you removed/destroyed the evil that is Voldemort that it 
could not manifest itself somewhere else.  Ions ago this topic went 
round and round.  Redeemed!Tom Riddle annoys me.  Too tidy, too 
neat.  Life is not like that and no one would ever be able to forgive 
the things he has done anyway.  Unless of course the clock is 
literally turned back to TR's infancy and everything is done 
differently. Which, again, is no guarantee he won't be just as 
naughty.

Sue(hpfan) wandering out of the broom closet for a few seconds.