Harry the Defender Was Re: Harry Vanquishing LV without killing him

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No: HPFGUIDX 146387

quick_silver wrote:
"I have something of a moral quandary about Harry not killing  
Voldemort."  <atrociously snipped> 


CH3ed:
I think Harry will ultimately kill Voldy, too, but perhaps not 
directly (as in AKing him). I've had a nap now so I'm thinking a bit 
better and will revise my scenario a bit.

What if Nagini is the last horcrux left, and some thing Harry and/or 
Voldy does causes her to turn on her master and bite Voldy, killing 
his body. Voldy's home soul is ripped from his body (assuming the 
venom is fatal when injected rather than drunk). Harry then kills 
Nagini, and the lost of his last horcrux and the lack of body 
combine to cause Voldy's home soul to disintegrate or get sucked 
behind the veil. This doesn't seem to violate the terms of the 
prophesy since Voldy still dies at Harry's hand, with the upside 
that Harry doesn't end up murdering anyone....except for a nasty 
snake. Of course this depends on the assumption that the badly 
mangled home soul could not survive without a body once all the 
horcruxes are destroyed.

I personally won't have any problem with Harry actually having to AK 
Voldy or other DEs. Not all killings are immoral. But since JKR 
seems so bent on love being the prevailing force in the end, and 
since Harry is supposed to be the wielder of that love magic...and 
so no unforgiveable curses for him. This is my best effort of 
thinking up a scenario to have Harry fulfill the prophecy without 
using the dark arts. 

I enjoyed Quick_Silver's reference of the Iliad so much I'm gonna 
dig up that book to read again just for fun. Thanks!!


CH3ed  :O)