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[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 186928

> Catlady:
> But Harry CAN die even after Voldemort has taken his blood -- for example, he could have drowned in the sword-pond. Voldemort having Harry's blood protects Harry only when in the physical presence of Voldemort.

Zara:
Right, the sense in which Harry cannot live while Voldemort survives is different from the sense in which Voldemort cannot live while harry survives. But there are two different senses that apply. Harry cannot live (as in, lead a normal, boring, peaceful life) while Voldemort survives because of the soul bit and because Voldemort will not rest until Harry is dead.

Whereas Voldemort cannot live while Harry survives in the sense mentioned by Fudge in "The Other Minister" (HBP), that one who cannot die, is not exactly "alive".

> Catlady:
> Whether it is sentimental about death is irrelevant; what it is *very* tricky. Since canon was completed, it has become apparent that Rowling doesn't read her text as subtly as you do, Pippin, so I feel no confidence that this is the trick that Rowling intended. 

Zara:
In this case I think it *is* what she intended all along. The inclusion of the lines of dialogue for Fudge about whether, really, one could say Voldemort was alive convinces me.