Will Neville kill Voldy?

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 169137

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmwcfo" <jmwcfo at ...> wrote:
>
> JW:
> > Why all this talk of killing when the author believes in the 
> sanctity
> > of life, and that murder destroys the soul?
> > 
> > Lynda:
> > 
> > Ah!...But not all taking of life is murder. 
> 
> JW:
> True, but I do not understand the relevency.  There is every reason 
> to believe that JKR, given her philosophies, would avoid killing if 
> there was a clever way to eliminate LV.  There is certainly no 
> requirement to kill LV, and a fate worse than death (as 
foreshadowed 
> by DD in OotP) might be a more appropriate punishment.  
> 
> As a point of comparison, can you find any evidence that DD killed 
> Grindelwald(spelling?)?  For example, DD's chocolate frog card 
> indicates that DD *DESTROYED* the dark wizard in 1945. I can find 
no 
> detail in narrative or interview to describe the confrontation.  
> Unless I have overlooked this detail, I see no reason to ASSUME 
that 
> JKR would have the character that represents wisdom, knowledge and 
> love contradict her personal beliefs.


JW again:

A kind elf has pointed out to me off-list that I mis-quoted the frog 
card described on pg 102 of US version of SS - the quote is DD 
DEFEATED (not destroyed) the dark wizard.

Of course, that is even FURTHER from "killed" than "destroyed" would 
be.  My point is still:  Why think in terms of KILLING LV when we 
know that it is against the author's personal beliefs, and there are 
other, more appropriate ways of defeating the villain?

One possibility is LV will find out that sometimes, life sucks.  Or 
at least dementors do - and the wizard who wanted to spread his soul 
around could wind up with no soul at all.