[Sca-cooks] Nicholas Flamel

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 10:37 AM 8/25/2004, you wrote:

>--- Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:
> >.I saw in an
> > interview an interesting tidbit.  JK was saying
> > (in reference to the
> > first encounter that got Harry the scar) that
> > what we should be asking
> > (IIRC), was not why did Harry live, but why
> > didn't HWMNBN *die?*
>
>I saw that too on her website. She also said
>that another question we should be asking is
>why Dumbledore didn't kill Voldie in the scene
>at the Ministry.
>
>But the answer to both is very obvious.  If
>Voldie had died during his first encounter with
>Harry or if Dumbledore had killed him, we would
>be without a major story plot, wouldn't we?
>Without Voldie, the Potter books would be just a
>magical version of a "coming of age" story.  JK
>had to make it so that Voldie didn't die and
>that Dumbledore didn't kill him.  I believe that
>will be Harry's job in the last book.

Plot points work, eh? ;-)
I think that there is of course a couple of reasons why Dumbledore didn't 
kill Voldemort- for one, I'm not sure that he can, because the prophecy 
indicates of Harry and Voldemort that one must die at the hand of the 
other. Does this mean that other parties cannot kil either of them? And 
also, remember how Dumbledore said that there are things worse that death? 
Was that for Voldemort's benefit (Since Voldemort has been trying for years 
to be immortal) or for Harry's? Once Harry learns not to fear death, he 
gains a great power over Voldemort- if you're not afraid to die, then what 
have you to lose? Would you want to face an opponent who will either kill 
you or die trying?

Voldemort only heard part of the prophecy, and understood that a boy was 
born at the end of July that would have the power to vanquish him. 
Voldemort, thinking that if he killed the one who had the power, likely 
surmised that then no one could kill him, yes? But he didn't know about the 
part that the boy had powers that he knew not... and going off with half of 
the information, didn't know what he was facing.

And I do think that we have more surprises in store about Harry and his 
powers, and his 'special protection'. I really want behind that one door in 
the Department of Mysteries...

'Lainie
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