[HPforGrownups] Various replies...

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 2450

Welcome, Odile, from another fairly-new-comer. Cool name.

Odile Alburquerque wrote:

> IThere's this other post that talks about why Voldemort
> doesn't destroy the legal records of him being known as Tom Riddle. I
> think
> that since Voldemort isn't that old and some people still
> remember him when he was at Hogwarts, he's have to more than just destroy
> evidence, but also erase a whole lot of people's memories.

Well, he's in his sixties. At least, it's been sixty-odd years since he was
born--I doubt human age-keeping applies to him anymore. But it leads to
another question--what sort of "legal records" are we speaking of, here?
Legal Muggle records? If so, would there necessarily be any, save birth? And
if we're talking legal magic records, do we even know what they are?

> Another post of Dumbledore being able to recruit people into
> Hogwarts I think that every kid who has demonstrated the
> capability to perform magic is allowed into the school. I mean, its not
> just
> kids from wizarding families, but also `muggles'.  If it were
> up to Dumbledore to reject kids from Hogwarts, then I don't think Draco
> Malfoy would've been accepted, him or his cronies, whose families
> had been Death-Eaters.

Ah, but the point someone else made....what an excellent vantage point to
observe the next generation of up-and-comers, see their tendencies, monitor
their development, and learn their characters!

> Okay, now there is a piece of the puzzle in book 4 that troubles me.
> If you all recall to chapter 36, page 696, 1st paragraph (hardcover),
> Harry was talking about how Voldemort no longer felt pain when he
> touched Harry's face. Right there, in the 2nd paragraph, it
> says, "For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of
> somewhat like triumph in Dumbledore's eyes. But next second,
> Harry was sure he imagined it" what is this supposed to mean? Are we
> going to find out in book 5, 6 or 7 that Dumbledore is actually evil??

Well, I'm sure we'll find out what it's about, but I seriously doubt
Dumbledore is evil. Dumbledore is the balance for Voldemort--the closest
character to pure good, as Voldemort is the closest to pure evil. We damned
well *better* find out; it's tantalizing. Deliberately so. AAAAGH! Months
and months and months....

sorry

--Amanda