Why does nobody fight Lord Voldemort?

[Phantomess]

Anyone remember that he actually survived WITHOUT a corporeal form for most of the time before Harry arrived at Hogwarts? He tells Harry this, in fact. Killing a physical form that he only regained truly in the fourth book isn't going to set him back much. As others have said, those Horcruxes kept him very much alive.

 

[twistedmic]

Electronics actually don't work well with magic. That's why Hogwarts doesn't have any lamps and I think Harry had an electronic watch that stopped working in Hogwarts.

Harry's watch died after he went to the bottom of the Great Lake, not because of magic screwing with electronics. And it wasn't even stated that his watch was digital, it could have been an analogue watch.

 

[That_Sneaky_Camper]

They should have contacted the British or American Military. I would like to see Voldemort stand up against tactical formations of soldiers with machine guns, tanks, helicopters, and gunships. Hell the nuclear bomb in particular is certainly something that no wizard has an equivalent to, I would imagine that would certainly ruin the Death Eater's day.

Though all of that is unnecessary, just hire a guy with a sniper rifle and get him within a mile of Voldemort's position and the war's over.

 

[The Rookie Gamer]

Electronics actually don't work well with magic. That's why Hogwarts doesn't have any lamps and I think Harry had an electronic watch that stopped working in Hogwarts.

Harry's watch died after he went to the bottom of the Great Lake, not because of magic screwing with electronics. And it wasn't even stated that his watch was digital, it could have been an analogue watch.

No, but in the 6th book, while Harry is talking with Ron and Hermione about how he can watch Malfoy to find out what he's up to, they bring up the subject of bugging him with a electronic surveillance device, which Hermione immediately shoots down by stating that magic interferes with electronics, sorting them out.

 

[Darks63]

Because until you destroyed the 3 horcruxes he is immortal and hence cant be killed.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Because wizards aren't the smartest of people. Let me just say he's lucky he started his shit in Britain and not North America. No offense to the Brirs, but us North Americans would have done it right the first time. Lol

Right - I can't watch the Harry Potter movies with my wife (an avid fan) without getting frustrated at how insanely stupid people are. There are several times when I'm like, "WHY DID THEY NOT JUST KILL THE SUMBITCHES WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE?"

And also... why don't wizards use guns? or bombs? Even magical ones. What the hell people. Open up on some death eater ass with some mortars or fully automatic gun fire.

 

[squeekenator]

And also... why don't wizards use guns? or bombs? Even magical ones. What the hell people. Open up on some death eater ass with some mortars or fully automatic gun fire.

Arrogance, mainly. Silly Muggles with their 'technology' thinking they're real people, as if they'll ever achieve anything. Most wizards don't even know what a gun is, and those who do would never even imagine that it could be more effective than magic. Either that or because JK said so.

 

[Linda Bridget]

I know that some people fought him in a few of the books(Harry, Dumbledore, etc.), but the majority of people that run into to him cower than are killed shortly thereafter. I mean, why doesn't anyone simply TRY to do something, like attack back. It might not work, but if it did you could defeat him.

I'm being serious with answering this question. Well before Harry was born people did try to fight him but because he had the death eaters on his side many of those people didn't survive long enough to get a shot at him and a large part of the wizarding community saw him leading this massive army and were too scared of the consequences.

But when it comes down to when he was resurrected and started to terrorize people again with his army albeit a much smaller one. The people still had those scars and it only added to their fear and you have to realize that for some people fear is so powerful that not everyone can over come it. Also it has a tendency to bring out the darkest part of ourselves which explained why some people cowered and bent to his will.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Um, other than him being immortal until all the Horcruxes were destroyed?

And also that fact that he could slaughter anyone in 10 seconds flat?

Take an assault rifle. He dies in .5 seconds flat. Or you could enchant it it fire shurikans and lightning. He can't exactly do much without a body.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Um...people are ok with flying on broomsticks, invisibility, shape changing at will and the existence of loads of other forms of sentient life...but not that wizards don't have guns?

I think possibly the reason that wizards don't have guns is not due to the cultural set up of the UK (where the police never carry weapons and they don't have a military, apparently), but might have something to do with the story being set in a totally unbelievable magical world which isn't meant to be taken too seriously.

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As to people not fighting Voldemort, they do, it's just that he's very good. You'll also note that he liked people not knowing he was around so they wouldn't be after him, and in the end of the fifth book/movie, when informed that the Aurors are on their way, he responds that he'll be gone before they get here. He wasn't invincible, he just avoided fights he thought he'd lose.

EDIT: Oh, people obligingly dying instantly when hit by small arms fire is only slightly less realistic than the magic, TBH, no matter how many times you've seen it in action movies.

 

[SquirePB]

My understanding is that to deflect a spell (or any kind of attack I guess) the wizard must either cast some form of counter or have a protective barrier in place. Given that we regularly see Voldemort countering we can assume he has not put up a barrier. Also when there is a barrier in place over Hogwarts it was visible to the naked eye, further evidence he had no barrier. Average human reaction time is about 0.5 seconds but I'm gonna be very generous and give him a reaction time of 0.1s. A .50 cal bullet usually travels at around 3000m/s so anyone hiding within 300m could put a .50 through his head before he could react (assuming the sniper is bad enough at his job to not set up in such a position to conceal the shot). It took Voldemort the better part of 18 years to return to full power after being "killed" the first time. Surely the good guys would be stoked to have that kind of breathing room to find and destroy the Horcruxes and thereby prevent him from returning. So imagine if they had said to the British muggle government "Hey can we borrow the SAS for a few weeks?" The entire problem could have been solved.
But for the sake of plot lets say all wizards are immune to conventional weapons and so the above plan wouldn't work. The giants and big ass spiders and such don't wield magic, so how good would a few machine gun nests have been for defending that narrow bridge. You could just mow the beasties down!
But no, the secret of magic is more important than the safety and freedom of the entire world (including the magical one) apparently.

 

[brainslurper]

Heres a fucking idea, bring an AK 47 to the fight. He is going to look pretty stupid waving his small wooden stick.

 

[Valiance]

Because he had Plot Armor, and the only known ***** in said armor was named Potter

Seriously burst out laughing at this comment and was going to say something similar...You got it dude.

I mean, no one even attempts to fight him or his demands or his schemes or anything. I mean he can't kill EVERYONE if you all fight back, right? Oh wait he can beat anyone without even trying so don't bother fighting back, much more nobler to just die cowering. Rofl.

Oddly enough, I'd say Harry has more Plot Armor than Voldemort to be honest...or is it Script Immunity?

 

[twiceworn]

ok for the record Lord Voldemort was NOT invincible the horcruxes KEPT HIM ALIVE but only just, look at what happened when ONE killing curse hit him when he tried to kill harry, so one headshot would at least put him out for another 10 plus years and you can headshot from over a a mile its an easy kill after which you dump his body in a volcano execute all his followers and the job is done, giving you TEN YEARS to find all the horcruxes.

 

[uzo]

It's the same reason the Agents are feared in the Matrix. We only ever see Neo and Morpheus even attempt to fight an Agent - Morpheus went in expecting to lose, but was also doing it as a delaying action to let Neo escape.

When Neo and Trinity start blasting the shit out of everything in the office building the Agents turn out to be pretty soft and squishy ('Dodge this.' *booom!*). The only problem is you literally have to *S Jackson voice* kill every single ************ in the roooooom (or you're gonna get an Agent jumping into them).

 

[Astoria]

Some people did try but they always ended up dead so others decided it was better just to run. Also I think for most people their 'flight' instinct is stronger than their urge to fight.