Anyone else distrubed by end of GOF?

[ashley_1591284]

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Subject: Re: Anyone else distrubed by end of GOF?
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Date: 8/16/00 3:20 pm  (ET)

<<<He seemed to have done only the minimum to get what V wanted. It was
as if he was careful not to hurt him too much, which brings me back to
the point of Wormtail feeling indebted to Harry.>>>

<<But if he *really* wanted to do the minimum, couldn't he have taken
the blood from Harry's injured leg? It was already bleeding.>>

Well, the spell did require that the blood of the enemy be "forcibly
taken". This probably constitutes that the blood be drawn specifically for
use in the spell. Blood from a pre-existing wound may not have applied.

I agree with what others have said that Voldemort instructed Wormtail
not to seriously injure Harry so that he could show off to the Death
Eaters during their duel. If Harry had already been seriously wounded
and unable to try to defend himself, the assumed victory for Voldemort
wouldn't have been as great. After all, he had no idea whatsoever that
Harry would even be a formidable opponent.