Voldie and the aging process (Was: Half-Blood Prince disappointing)

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 146366

 "justcarol67" wrote:
 (sadly snipping Carol's excellent post)

. So Harry *will* have to kill or otherwise
> destroy LV, body *and* soul, after he's destroyed the Horcruxes that
> keep LV's soul from leaving the earth and passing beyond the Veil. 
> 
> Carol, noting that if Voldie could be defeated by old age, there'd be
> no need for the Chosen One and we'd have no story


I agree that Harry must find some way to vanquish LV and destroy his 
capacity to do magic and evil .... I am just not convinced Harry *has 
to* kill him. One scenario might be ... Harry and friends destroy all 
of the Horcruxes and then find a way to pursuade a Dementor to 
administer *the Kiss* to LV. His last soul fragment is gone... along 
with his memory and - apparantly from hints given in canon - his 
ability to do magic. In this manner Harry does not have to kill -
thereby avoiding the splitting of his own soul yet still reducing LV 
to Muggle!Mort.  Just how one could pursuade a Dementor to *Kiss* LV 
is beyond my capacity to imagine cuz it is such a disgusting image 
(IMO)... though I have also wondered what would  happen if a Dementor 
*Kissed* LV before all the Horcruxes were destroyed... would the 
Dementor only get that bit of soul left in LV's current body? Or would 
the power of the *Kiss* be so strong as to suck all of the soul bits 
from their hiding places and down the maw of the Dementor?  

Deb (djklaugh) who behind her facade of sweet little old(er) lady is 
actually rather ghoulish and mercenary