Question:
Harry Potter Fans: Would you rather...?
Weasley Is Our King
2009-04-20 17:38:10 UTC
Get hit by the killing curse

-or-

Get the dementor's kiss
Nineteen answers:
2009-04-24 04:10:12 UTC
No..... I would have chosen the Dementor's Kiss as I have always wanted to look inside a Dementor's mouth.

The Dementors are soulless creatures[7] considered to be among the foulest beasts on Earth. They are soul-sucking fiends who guard the wizard prison, Azkaban, until after the return of Voldemort. In the books, Dementors appear to have a generally human shape, approximately ten feet (3.05 meters) in height, but covered in dark, hooded cloaks that reveal only grey, decayed hands. The wraith-like creatures have no eyes, and there is a large hole where the mouth should be. According to the author, they grow like fungi in the darkest, dankest places, creating a dense, chilly fog. They appear to possess a few traits of magic, notably, their ability to glide (fly, in the film adaptations) unsupported in either world. The Dementor's intelligence is also seldom hinted, but they are presumed sentient as they have been seen leading revolts and know how to use their abilities.



Being blind, Dementors sense and feed on the positive emotions, happiness and good memories of human beings to move around, forcing them to relive their worst memories. The very presence of a Dementor makes the surrounding atmosphere grow cold and dark, and the effects are cumulative with the number of Dementors present. Despite their attachment to human emotion, Dementors seem to have difficulty distinguishing one human from another, as demonstrated by Barty Crouch Jr's escape from Azkaban, wherein they could detect no emotional/mental difference between the younger Crouch and his mother. They also have difficulty sensing animals because their feelings are more primitive than human emotions; this particular weakness enabled Sirius Black to escape from Azkaban in Animagus form. In addition to feeding on positive emotions, Dementors can perform the Dementor's Kiss, where the Dementor latches its mouth onto a victim's and sucks out the person's soul. The victim is left as an empty shell, incapable of thought and with no possibility of recovery. It is believed that existing after a Dementor's Kiss is worse than death. The Ministry of Magic occasionally uses this as a punishment, such as on Barty Crouch Jr. Because they are immortal, very few methods exist to repel a Dementor; one way to shield oneself from Dementors is to use the Patronus Charm to drive them away. Chocolate is an effective first aid to mild cases of contact. Dementors are invisible to Muggles, but affect them in the same way. While at least one Squib in the series has claimed to see a Dementor, Rowling has stated that this was a lie and that Arabella Figg noticed it because of the effect it had on her.[8] Rowling has likened the effect of a Dementor to the human ailment known as depression, which the author has herself experienced.[9] She describes it as "that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad."[10]



Harry first encounters Dementors during the beginning of his third year of school, when they are sent to guard Hogwarts against Sirius Black, who has recently escaped Azkaban. Harry, whenever he gets near one, is forced to relive his worst memory: hearing the last moments of his parents' lives before they are murdered by Voldemort, which begins with Harry hearing his mother screaming. To overcome the Dementors, Harry asks Remus Lupin for assistance. Lupin teaches Harry the Patronus Charm, albeit with some difficulty. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry and his cousin Dudley Dursley are ambushed by two Dementors sent secretly and illegally by Dolores Umbridge. At the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Dementors of Azkaban stage a mass revolt against their employers to join Voldemort, as he can provide them with more humans to feast upon. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the Ministry, under the control of Voldemort, uses Dementors to punish those who are Muggle born for no other reason than because Voldemort hated Muggles and Muggle-borns. The Dementors also take part on Voldemort's side during the Battle of Hogwarts. After the appointment of Kingsley Shacklebolt to the position of Minister, Dementors are removed from Azkaban, and the Ministry contains them by limiting their numbers
♠ melissiaga ♣
2009-04-21 13:45:36 UTC
Avada Kedavra
Kelly
2009-04-20 17:47:17 UTC
Killing curse, definitely.

I'd rather look into the eyes of a Basilisk thank be kissed by a Dementor.
2009-04-20 18:52:24 UTC
Killing Curse.
Kreacher The House Elf
2009-04-20 20:36:30 UTC
Lord Voldemort: "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Harry Potter: dies . . . . . . . . :(



I Harry Potter would prefer the Killing Curse as it didn't hurt the first time (When the Horcrux was still attached to me) wheras The Dementor's kiss would be very painful.
Maria
2009-04-20 17:44:51 UTC
Killing curse because the dementor's kiss takes away your soul, giving you no reason to live any more.
ScarHead
2009-04-21 12:58:16 UTC
Killing Curse



I'd rather die in a flash than have my soul rise outta me, then live for a long time without any emotion, feeling, etc.



I'd be like fudge without the taste if I got the Dementor's Kiss . . .
Stacey T
2009-04-20 18:49:42 UTC
Thats is like saying would you rather get shot and die instantly or drown to death (the dementors kiss is much worse than that im sure.)





I choose the killing curse. lol
2009-04-21 23:32:23 UTC
Get hit by the killing curse of course.
Grace
2009-04-20 19:14:17 UTC
Definitely the killing curse hands down.
Maniac Parkinson ♥
2009-04-20 17:41:53 UTC
Well, we all know how much of a dream of mine it is to go and get the life sucked out of me by the Dementor's Kiss ..... ;)
2009-04-24 04:37:15 UTC
the Killing Curse

there's something pretty creepy about snogging a dementor,... worse probably than Lavender and Won-Won (nice picture there, lol)

Who would want to end there life with a feeling of coldness, sadness, and despair. Who would want to end their life with their worst memories?
2009-04-20 17:45:12 UTC
Killing Curse. It wouldn't hurt as bad and I wouldn't have the soul sucked out of me and feel like crap for the rest of what would be a poor and hopeless life... lol emo!
Mars P & Roonil Wazlib & Hana DA
2009-04-21 13:46:47 UTC
klling curse cos then my soul would be free, not stuck in some grimy old dementor



did u notice the mistake with dementors? in number 3 its said that they feed of happiness



but in number 7 it says they feed of misery and despair
2016-09-12 01:11:45 UTC
Well that may be a difficult determination, however I wager the Dursley's. Only in view that I do not consider I would continue to exist in an orphanage, I might so depressed I might on the whole attempt to kill myself.
♥Lexxikay♥
2009-04-20 17:45:01 UTC
Umm... Killing curse that way i don't have to suffer for a long time.
2009-04-20 17:41:59 UTC
neither they both suck

but if i had to choose the killing curse cause that's pretty much like breaking your neck and you wouldn't feel anything
Cutie104
2009-04-20 17:41:55 UTC
killing curse- dont have to suffer forever.
reel big fish is latin for sexy.
2009-04-20 17:41:49 UTC
well.. that's kind've a lose-lose.



killing curse I guess


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