Even with all his Horcruxes, isn’t Voldemort still afraid of Dementors permanently destroying him?
If you can make the argument that Voldemort can’t have the power to destroy dementors, then he has a real need for someone who does have that power.
Not sure thought if this is a power that the dark lord can’t learn.
The spell does seem to require values that Voldemort just doesn’t have, and doesn’t want to have—it’s the good old power of love that gives the power to destroy Dementors. Voldemort simply not being able to cast Patronus 2 is like Harry not being able to cast AK, and there was a comment by someone about Dumbledore never being able to cast AK.
And to add to Voldemort’s problem, don’t powerful spells have to pass from one living mind to another, so that Harry can’t just write down instructions for someone else?
(As an aside, wouldn’t this imply that Harry’s existing instructions to Hermione couldn’t work? Then how are V’s instructions for resurrecting Hermione supposed to work for Harry?)
This seems a compelling argument for keeping Harry around to at least teach someone else.
I don’t think the Interdict of Merlin applies to instructions given by Harry to Hermione about Patronus 2.0. First, I’m not sure Patronus 2.0 would be considered powerful enough to fall under the Interdict. Then, it’s not really instructions to cast the spell that Harry is giving—the formula of the spell itself, “Expecto Patronum” isn’t included. And finally, Harry didn’t write full instructions, but a puzzle that would help Hermione solve the problem herself, like Harry did.
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Even with all his Horcruxes, isn’t Voldemort still afraid of Dementors permanently destroying him?
If you can make the argument that Voldemort can’t have the power to destroy dementors, then he has a real need for someone who does have that power.
The spell does seem to require values that Voldemort just doesn’t have, and doesn’t want to have—it’s the good old power of love that gives the power to destroy Dementors. Voldemort simply not being able to cast Patronus 2 is like Harry not being able to cast AK, and there was a comment by someone about Dumbledore never being able to cast AK.
And to add to Voldemort’s problem, don’t powerful spells have to pass from one living mind to another, so that Harry can’t just write down instructions for someone else?
(As an aside, wouldn’t this imply that Harry’s existing instructions to Hermione couldn’t work? Then how are V’s instructions for resurrecting Hermione supposed to work for Harry?)
This seems a compelling argument for keeping Harry around to at least teach someone else.
I don’t think the Interdict of Merlin applies to instructions given by Harry to Hermione about Patronus 2.0. First, I’m not sure Patronus 2.0 would be considered powerful enough to fall under the Interdict. Then, it’s not really instructions to cast the spell that Harry is giving—the formula of the spell itself, “Expecto Patronum” isn’t included. And finally, Harry didn’t write full instructions, but a puzzle that would help Hermione solve the problem herself, like Harry did.