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

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 146448

kchuplis:
> I think this is quite brilliant and quite possibly does have 
something 
> to do with victory over LV. The "Kiss" has been heavily featured. 
> Interesting that you have something ready made to zero in on souls; 
> when the denouement of the entire piece resides in hunting soul 
pieces 
> in particular. 
*(snip)*
> Since souls appear to be the thing that make Dementors snack 
> happy, he's got a built in soul vacuum if he can convince a 
dementor to 
> come along for the ride. Which, tall order that it may seem, seems 
less 
> tall than learning a bajillion magic skills to get rid of 
horcruxes. 
> Now, getting the items, that's tricky too, but I have to agree here 
> that somehow the dementors have got to come into play for this. I'm 
> quite certain we don't know enough about them right now to figure 
out 
> how, but it's really the only way I can see Harry destroying 
horcruxes 
> to even get to the last bit of LV.

Ceridwen:
You've just made me think of Peter Pan.  At least, the Disney 
version.  The crocodile had a taste of Cpt. Hook's hand, and now 
follows him around wanting more.  I just imagined the theoretical 
Companion!Dementor getting a taste of a tiny part of LV's soul from 
the first Horcrux it de-souls, and liking it so much that it's after 
the rest of the soul piece by piece, until the final confrontation, 
when the home soul is presented in all its tasty glory.  I like 
that.  Puts a children's story quality to the whole thing.

But, I don't think HRH can trust a Dementor not to suck their souls 
while they sleep, or if the Horcrux hunt goes too slow and the thing 
gets hungry.  I think the MoM compromised itself by using Dementors 
to control prisoners.  I believe it is one of those 'pacts with the 
devil' sorts of arrangements, and that only grief and further 
compromise of Harry's innocence and goodness can come from it.

But, Dementor as Crocodile is amusing to think about.  Thanks for the 
thought!

Ceridwen.