Why Didn't DD or Snape kill Voldemort?

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 152536

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "steven1965aaa" 
<steven1965aaa at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67@> wrote:
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> > 
> > The only reason I can come up with is that DD fears that Harry 
will 
> die if anyone but Harry kills LV.  Perhaps DD believes this because 
of 
> the prophesy or the connection forged between Harry and LV by the 
> scar, or both?
> > 
> > Any other ideas?
> > 
> 
> Steven1965aaa:
> 
> Well, the stated reason is that 1st you have to get rid of all the 
> horocuxes, then you go after Voldemort.  If you "kill" him first, 
you 
> could then go after the horocruxes at your leisure.  But even after 
> you got rid of all the horocruxes, there would still be 1 soul 
piece 
> left, the piece that was in VM when you "killed" him. He would not 
> be "vanquished".  VM would again be floating around Albania or 
> somewhere, trying to possess rats and snakes.  Eventually he'd come 
> back, albeit severely weakened by the destruction of his horocruxes.
>
Angie again:
I certainly understand the "effiency" of killing his body last and 
that it will be much more dramatic to let him know right before he 
dies, "Hey, buddy, we destroyed all the other Horcrucxes." (Can't 
wait to read LV's reaction to that!) And if LV truly dies then, they 
will know for certain that what they thought were Horcruxes were 
indeed, Horcruxes (still haven't figured out how Harry's gonna know 
what a Horcrux is).

But, geez Louise, given the death and destruction this wizard has 
wreaked, seems like they'd want to stop him or at least slow him down 
ASAP by any means possible.  Like you said, they could "kill" his 
body and then look for the horcuxes, but I don't think it would be at 
their leisure.  I think they would do it as quickly as possible, 
knowing that LV could come back at any time.  I don't think the DEs 
would be so quick to scatter this time, since they know something 
like this happened before.  This time, they'd probably be looking for 
him, so time would be of the essence.