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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood  The final showdown -- rather quick, in my eyes! They throw a spell at each other, Voldemort's knocked off his feet and then...oh, he's dead! But then I guess, there you go -- the most evil wizard ever, killed by his own spell. |
In a way quite clever of JKR - she allows Harry to defeat Voldemort without becoming a killer. I've said it in one of the other (numerous) threads somewhere: I suspect it didn't matter WHAT spell Harry used to defend himself against the
Avadra Kedavra, the Elder Wand would never work against its "master" always turn against the abuser.