You have to really mean an unforgivable curse, and Harry prooved already in OoP that he cannot perform the Cruciatus Curse, not even on somebody he loathes as much as Bellatrix Lestrange who has just murdered Sirius. Will Harry be able to kill Voldemort with the Avada Kedavra Curse? Will he be able to kill Snape (if Snape is on the Dark Side at all ...)? Is there another option how Harry will free the wizarding world from Voldemort?

I dont think Harry is able to perform one of the Unforgivables ... he is just too GOOD .... I think he will finish Voldemort off in a different way ...

Any ideas?

I share your view on that Harry will finish Voldemort in another way than using one of the unforgivable curses, but I have little doubt he would have hesitated to kill Voldemort if he had the chance.

perhaps Harry will trick Voldemort into destroying himself...just a theory. but possible

I agree that he will somehow trick Voldermort into dying. Harry is the epitomy of goodness and love. That's what made Harry and Voldermort different, according to Dumbledore. and the power that LV doesn't have. I think it will have something to do with that.

yeah i agree. and as much as dumbledore disliked lv, he wouldn't ever use avada kedavra against him would he? i mean he could have in the ministry in book 5 but he didn't. so i don't think he would've wanted harry to either.

I don't believe that Harry is able to use such a curse, he's just not evil. On the other hand, Vold dìd kill his parents, so maybe Harry has such a great feeling of hatred for him that he can perform an unforgivable curse on Vold.

I don't think Harry will get rid of Voldemort through the Avada Kadevra curse, and he won't have to either. According to Dumbledore there are 'worse things then death'. I think in the 7th book we will find out just what they are and see Harry use one of them on Voldemort.

p.s. kinda off topic, but your name, Judith Holofernes..kinda ironic isn't it

I think Harry most definitely can kill, I think that's where this has all been leading. I also think this is what Dumbledore was impressing upon Harry so stridently in Chapter 23 of HBP--he isn't 'dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death,' he's 'walking into the arena with his head held high.' He doesn't just have to kill Voldemort, he wants to. He can and he will.

I think Harry definately has the power to kill, as Dumbledore was telling him, he has love, which is such a strong emotion. However, whether Harry can allow himself to kill someone is difficult to say. He had the opportunity to kill Sirius when he thought Sirius had killed his parents, and he didn't; he couldn't. I don't think Harry will end up taking anyone's life, I think there will be a different twist.

i dont think harry can kill, yet.. but after dumbledor i think he will be able to.. its like he said hes walking in to the arean head held high he knows what he must do.. but i dont think that he will end up needing to.. voldermort will be pushed through the vail or something after being captured, maybe harry will tell him he destroyed all the hexocurses and then he will realize he is mortal and he fears death will do everything he can to survive.. but hes been shown to be able to be held.. by dumbledor.. something may come of that.
the problem is as snape showed us, snape and volermort can read harry.. they know when hes able to use a curse.. it will make it hard to fight although i think since when he was battling voldy in the GoF he didnt seem to anticipate him. also the one unblockable curse.. the killing curse.. it wont do voldy much good if he has no protection and cant block it.. its interesting. also how powerful are elfs... the book i'm not sure forgive me.. the SS Malfoy, lucisus, uses the killing curse or tries to.. and the elf stops it.. its not blockable is it..? maybe dobby will help.. then again he never got the words out since dobby helped him take some air time. we are constantly learning about the power of the elfs.. and dobby proves over and over that he is FIERCLY loyal to harry.. maye he will help..

I have a bad feeling that Harry is a horcrux ans will realize it and thus instead of having to kill anyone, just do the noble thing and kill himself so another wizard, perhaps snape can kill voldy

I'm thinking that the power Harry poses is so power full that he is able to create a shield that can block the Avarda Kedevra curse or the other 2.
thats the diffrence from him and voldi, just a theory.

I agree that he can somehow trick Voldermort into dying. That's possible too, but... common, it's Harry we are talking about. And Voldemort has the fault of everything. Harry probably wants to make justice himself, without tricking. Maybe he couldn't hurt bellatrix, but Voldemort is not only responsable about Lily and Jame's death, but also about everything!!!! Sirius, Dumbledore..Harry's life!!! I think he (Harry) definitively will have the balls to kill Voldemort himself. And if he is an Horcrux, he'll kill himself. But i wish that he wasn't so he could kill Voldemort with his own hands.

I agree with everyone who's said that Harry would be uncapable of using an unforgivable curse. But there are other ways of killing. I'm thinking that the most likely outcome is that Harry somehow makes LV the tool of his own destruction...

It's famously writen that all evil contains the source of it's own destruction. Keep that in mind

My personal opinion is that he will use the Half-Blood Princes spells. Remember he almost killed Malfoy with the sectumsempra(sp?) curse. If Snape had not been there Malfoy would have surley died. So if he duels Voldy one on one this is very possible. Or maybe Stupefy, then Sectumsempra. that could kill anyone. They would bleed to death. Or maybe a spell that we have not seen yet. Remeber Harry still has access to the HBP's potions book. (after all it was a potion that brought Voldy back. . . )

I think we all might agree that Harry definitely wants to end up all this evil and everything, so he has to finish Voldemort, and that without any doubt Harry's abilities will grow for he's got strenght with all the things he has lived trough all this years, specially by losing those who has loved..anyway, but lets remember what Snape told him before he disapparate: 'No unforgivable Curses from you Potter!' (or something like that, sorry but I don´t have my book in hand)..and that's the point i'm trying to reach: Harry will be stronger, so much braver and determined (And with his best friends' support - hope he'll accept that) to do what he's up to, but I'm sure he'll do it his own way...well that's my humble opinion...

here are my ideas

*Harry and Voldemort's wands can't fight each other. so, if they were to duel, then they would have to borrow other people's to do it (possible, but not ideal, and also a hassle...and that means there would likely be other people present...Death Eaters, Ron and Hermione...) unless they wanted to deal with the Priori Incantatem debacle again..

*I think Harry has it in him to defeat Voldemort, though it's going to be very crude, in that he is going to try and destroy him bit by bit. and note, defeat is different from kill. he mentions near the end of HBP about keeping evil at bay but never quite destroying it- and i think that's how it's going to be.

*Harry doesn't have it in him to perform the Avada Kedavra curse. i think he has the ability, but not the temprament, seeing as his parents and Dumbledore both died that way might make that particularly hard.

*Harry is going to defeat Voldemort with love. It's his one-up on voldemort and it's certainly plentiful- through all his suffering, Harry has been loved by many people- his parents, Sirius, the Weasleys, Ron and Hermione, Dumbledore, Ginny, etc...

But in the end who knows? Maybe Harry and Voldemort will have to snog it out in the end..

Who ever said Harry had to kill Voldemort with the Avada Kedavra curse? It isn't the only killing curse. The one Harry used on Malfoy in the bathroom would usually kill someone and the one the Death Eater used on hermione in the Department of Mysteries would surely have killed her if he could have said the incantations.

I believe we are forgetting that Harry's and Voldemort's wands can't fight each other (same phoenix feathers) so they wont be able to kill each other with the Avada Kedavra curse. We saw in OotP that regardless of the hexes and curses they sent, the final result was a prior incantatem, and the actual curses never happened...
The magic of the final battle has to be much more complicated than that... even with all the horcruxes destroyed.

i think harry could kill but it wont be using an unforgivable curse. i kno he can because everyone he loves has been killer by voldy or on his orders : dumbledore, sirius , cedric (i hope he didnt love him... ), lily, james... the list could go on and on. harrys ability of love will allow him to do this

I wonder if the priori incantem (sp?) might come back into play again...You never know. It seems as though if one of them broke the thread at the wrong time, then one of the hexes/curses would've happened. (Just a thought ) But I do believe that Harry's power to love will play a big part in it. In book six I, and likewise Dumbledore, thought that Harry felt pity for Voldemort for his sad life. I am sure that he will learn more and find another way to defeat him.

I think Harry could fill his heart with love for his parents, Sirius and Dumbledore. This love will create a shield much stronger then the protego shield and this one will repel LV’s AK course against himself.

It's just occured to me that when Harry destroys all the horcruxes, Voldemort will be mortal. I mean, I knew he would be, but the full impact of this just hit me. Maybe this is what is worse than death for Voldemort: being mortal, knowing that he will die like an ordinary person, possibly having much of his power stripped from him. We know from HBP that Voldemort never wanted to be like anyone else, never wanted to depend on anyone, so wouldn't it be rough on him if he were reduced to "ordinariness" and Harry took pity on him somehow? I think he might seriously kill himself if he knew anyone pitied him.

i've been wondering the same thing. Exactly HOW is he going to kill Voldemort. I hope he doesnt get cold feet at the last minute!

he is going to kill lv by showing that he can love he wont have to use an unforgivable curse maybe he wont even have to use magic cause if he does show lv how to love it might just make him crumble and if he cant do that then he will use secumserpa and voldy will die because of such a huge loss of blood

I agree that Harry may not physically kill LV. DD said there are other ways of destroying a man and LV says there isn't anything worse than death. Maybe Harry will do something that will leave LV in a state worse than death, like some kind of endless suffering while being alive. Can there possibly be some way to, perhaps, rid a witch or wizard of his powers? Because that would definitely destriy LV.

That's what I was thinking, that for Voldemort, being powerless would be worse than death. I just don't know how that would come about. I also am not sure I want Harry thinking about ways to leave Voldemort in his worst nightmare.

I think that Harry won't use an unforgivable curse fot he's heart is pure and will stay that way ( he wouldn't be the same Harry if he wouldn't be pure). Voldemort has his weakness: he's afraid of death and he hasn't got the ability to love, so he has the cold feeling of fear which will overwhelm him and he doesn't have the feeling of love which could protect him. Harry on the other hand isn't afraid for he hasn't got anything to lose, but is able to love and loves already. This will destroy ( and I still don't know how) Voldemort, I think in the end he will destroy himself out of fear, so Harry doesn't have to kill him, for he couldn't do it.

Sorry, I just couldn't put it any simpler and I don't know if you know what I mean.

i was reading all the replies and i thought that at the end of the 7th book wat would be realy funy is if harry loves lv and because lv cant love he just drops dead, i no stupid but preety funny

it is true that harry is just to good to kill anyone but...................come on..........this is voldemort we're talking about here. harry wants to destroy him more than snape or pettigrew or anyone. dd asked harry in HBP what he would do even if there wasnt a prophecy. harry said that he would want voldemort dead and gone just bcuz he killed his parents. i dont think harry would want to kill anyone...even snape. but i think voldemort would b a different story. what do u think?

ronluver

You're right, I definitely think that if Harry's going to kill anyone, it's going to be Voldemort. Really, Voldemort is just plain evil and needs to die. It's just that it's hard to see Harry as a killer.

no, you can't really imagine Harry as a killer, he's too good.
i like the idea that Harry can find a way to make Voldemort destroy himself though. that would be cool.

hey, what about the final battle being in the DoM and after Harry destroys all of the horcruxes, maybe the battle happens either in the Death Chamber or that room that's always locked.
'the love room' was mentioned in OOTP and i can't see JK mentioning it and then never returning to it again.

so maybe that is where Voldemort meets his match. if it is, Harry may never need to resort to The Unforgivable Curses.

how can harry potter kill voldemort in the 7th book?
in the 4th book when harry tries to kill him their wands join but how will he be able to kill voldemort if this happens again in book 7.
maybe gawp has something to do with the las book?

i think only way how to kill Voldemort is LOVE so i think Harry will done that with his feelings he did it in book5 ? i guess

Well, obviously Harry first needs to destroy all the horcruxes. By the way matty, Harry didn't try to kill Voldemort when their wands connected, it was an expelliarmus curse i think, but that doesn't really matter. I can't see Harry killing Voldemort the same way Voldemort kills his victims, with the Avada Kedavra curse. I agree with weed (interesting name by the way), it will have to be something to do with love, something that neither Harry nor us, the readers, have understood yet.

Well we will find out soon. A year or two at most.
Perhaps Harry will eat a gurdy root and then breath on Voldy.. hehe

I remember Dd ask Harry what if he had not heard the prof. what would he want to do.. Harry said that he would want to finish him off. I don't see any spell other than Avada Kedavra killing Voldy off. I think what love has to do with it is, Harrys sol won't be ripped in two because of love. I just don't see any other way for him to kill Voldy.

First, harry will have to destroy all but voldemort(6 horcruxes, some are already destroyed). Second, harry will have to find him if voldemort does not come to him. But when they finally meet, I think that harry will be with neville, ron or hermione. Only one of them will be with him. Voldemort will attempt to kill whoever is with him but wont, I am leaning towards neville being with harry. Voldemort and Harry will have their same wands. Neville(or ron or hermione) will be harry's backup, Wormtail(or malfoy or snape), Voldemorts. Harry will have fawks on his side/hedwig. They will die defending harry. Harry will summon the sword of gryfindor at one point at the end, he will use it to slay a creature. Harry will kill voldemort withought the avada kedavara curse. I say this because dumbledore always said," there is more then one way to destroy someone tom", or something like that. I am leaning towards a battle on a high place, or the ministry of majic, in the department of mysteries. He will be either knocked into something that kills him or something like that, much like how serious died. The same thing could happen to harry. So I basicly think that whoever dies will be by accident.

Okay, my theory is this:

After destroying the horcruxes of course, the trio will find LV and the showdown between harry and voldy shall begin! After a bit of duelling, Ron will throw himself in front of Harry to protect him from getting hit with AK. After seeing Ron take the dive Harry will be consumed with an inmense feeling of love. Then, Snape (who will have finally revealed himself as a good guy all along) will duel LV and get him on the ropes. Then Voldy will posess Harry once again as he did in OotP, he will then be exposed to such a feeling of love inside Harry, that he will be crippled.

I think he will have to learn occumnecly and non-verbal spells. Didnt Snape say something about Harry couldnt do the illegial spells till he learned to keep his mind closed and his mouth shut or something?

Well, first he will have to find the 3 remaning horcruxes, destroy them, and then find Voldemort- which he will do when he kills Nagini anyway.

I had posted this in another thread and thought it was relevant for this discussion. Maybe Harry is more like DD than we know.

There is something important to point out in regards to Voldemort's and Harry's wands not working well against each other. *spoiler warning*

Ollivander, the wand maker, was kidnapped and mentioned early on in HBP. One of the Weasleys, I think, said that if Voldemort's side had Ollivander, it can't be good. What if Voldemort had Ollivander kidnapped to make him a new wand? A wand that would not be stalemated with Harry's should they duel in the future.


As for how Harry will kill Voldemort, I agree with many that love will come into play. I've posted this in other threads, but I believe Harry will use the knowledge of Voldemort's past against him in a crucial moment, possibly triggering a hidden love for Voldemort's mother. I think that after so much time being cut off emotionally from the world, this one part of him could possibly make him have a change of heart. Dumbledore said there are worse ways to destroy a man than death, and something like this would destroy everything Voldemort has represented most of his life. With deep emotional stress, he will kind of commit suicide such as walking through the veil or something to atone for his wrongdoing. Harry may have pity and try to save him, but Voldemort will not accept it. This way, Harry uses the "power the Dark Lord knows not" to destroy him and ultimately fulfill the prophecy.

the first post was wrong. the only reason why their wands connected was becuz Harry did a curse at the same time as Voldemort.
Therefore, he can kill Voldemort!

well maybe the same thing will happen in book four, maybe prior incantatem will happen, but maybe something different. well here is a theory. the bond will form between the wands again, but instead of just the bead thing or whatever it was going into voldemorts wand, fawkes will form and join it. i dont really know how to make it simple to understand. ok here. in book 4 prior incantatem occured. this may happen again between harry and voldemort. a bead was formed in the bond and harry pushed it into voldemorts wand. maybe this will happen again but fawkes will come and join the bead and then go into voldemorts wand. now because fawkes has formed with it, it wont be an echo of dead people coming out of the wand, it will be the real people, so maybe james and lily will live again. once he sees his parents are alive again the amount of love in harry will destroy voldemort in an instant. if you dont understand this tell me and i will try to put in in a simpler way.

Harry's Scar is currently known as a protection in Harry's very skin, created by the sacrificial love of Harry's mother. It acts as a barrier from the evil that is Voldemort, as a warning of the presence of this evil and as an antenna into the mind of Voldemort, if he doesn't use Occlumency against Harry. In other words, there remains a connection between Harry and Voldemort, even after the attempted killing of Harry, but this connection can be blocked by Occlumency. However, at the time of the attempted killing, this scar seemingly allowed Harry to take into himself a part of Voldemort's soul (this is not definite until seventh book comes out). If this would be true, it would mean that the scar is also capable of allowing the exit of this part of Voldemort's soul which has entered Harry, as the scar probably acts a door, i.ea., as an entrance and exit to and from Harry and then Voldemort's traits could be reinforced for good or used in the future against Voldemort at a future date. This is because "love" is the ultimate good, and therefore is the very opposite of the evil of Voldemort. It seems to me that JK Rowling will want Harry to remain alive, with Voldemort dead, because otherwise, how will it be proven that love is stronger than evil?! Otherwise, how will it be proven that good triumphs over evil?!