SPOILER: Lucius and the Curse

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Barbara Sheridan <bsher213 at y...> wrote:
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> Then when he tries to AK Harry---it was so not Lucius to
> act so stupidly with a witness (Dobby) and again,
> especially so near Dumbledore, but then when reading 
> through others' reactions and having someone mention that
> they thought Lucius was aiming for _Dobby_ the scene made
> perfect sense.
> 
> What Lucius possesses no one takes away, especially not
> Harry Potter. 

And then there's the fact Dobby had the opportunity to get some 
*very* interesting inside information on the Malfoys' activities.  
Since Dobby's no longer obligated to refrain from speaking ill of his 
(former) masters, Lucius might have been trying to effect a different 
kind of silence on him.
 
> The writer/director missed a golden opportunity to "get in
> Lucius' head" by not inserting a simple line telling
> us/Harry/Dobby  "_I_ decide if you go free. _I_ decided if
> you live or die."  

This is, of course, the problem with this interpretation: it's 
unclear who Lucius is actually aiming for.  We only have Dobby's 
line "You shall not harm Harry Potter" to give us any sort of 
direction on this point.  But on the whole, I find this notion a lot 
less problematic than the alternative.

~Christi