[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Vanquishing LV without killing him.

[Bee Chase]

No: HPFGUIDX 146358


> Luckdragon:
> Before his powers and his supporters LV was simply Tom Riddle. 
If >LV were to lose either his magical ability or if everyone turned 
on >him in unity and no longer feared him he would again become Tom 
>Riddle. This way LV is "vanquished" without dying, and because 
Harry >would be behind this either by reducing LV's powers through 
the >destruction of the horcruxes or by convincing all of the 
magical >community to turn against LV then the prophecy is met. LV 
would be >dead, Tom Riddle would be a muggle ,if he doesn't end his 
own life, >and Harry could get on with Life. Does this make sense.
   
  
Quick_Silver:

I disagree with this. I believe that Tom Riddle and Voldemort are 
one and the same. Saying that Harry only has to destroy Voldemort 
and not "Tom Riddle" is a cop out...Riddle is Voldemort, Riddle made 
the choices, took the risks, that made "Voldemort" possible. Even 
the phrase "I am Lord Voldemort" is simply an rearranging of Tom 
Riddle's name. Voldemort is not some demon processing the body of 
Tom Riddle...he literally is Tom Riddle. And even if Tom Riddle was 
somehow "seperate" from Voldemort his true body would have died 15 
years ago at Godric's Hollow. 
   
  Luckdragon:
  Yes! Tom Riddle & Lord Voldemort are the same being, however the prophecy was worded very carefully by the writer and only refers to LV under his assumed name and not his birth name. IMO LV is only powerful because of what he represents and because of the misguided souls who support him, take these away from him and he no longer becomes a threat to Harry. The dark lord will exist no more, but the shell of what he once was(Tom Riddle) may remain to live out his days a powerless, souless man. 
  

 

		
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