[HPforGrownups] Re: Riddle vs Voldemort (Was: Feeling his pain)

[China Chick]

No: HPFGUIDX 15981

Hey (stuff is @ bottom as usual),
The general reaction of the world (wizarding) over Voldy's reveled identity would most likely cause an unfortunate blend of bewilderment and revenge.  Bewilderment: the fave question of the day would be "How did that scrawny little git terrify us for so long?"  Revenge: the fave call to arms would be: "He's just a homeless, half breed, we can defeat him.  Don't know what took Harry so long!"
His "followers" would think the same thing then the "smart ones" would remember that he does have some of the strongest magic in the world ("I think I like him being in charge, at least I get to keep my head"). 

It's probably a good thing that Dumbledore kept his identity a secret.  The death toll would be greater than it already is and Voldy would have more incentive for going after Harry.  What do you think?

~Adrienne~

******************************************************************************************************************
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
                                                ~William James~
******************************************************************************************************************

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rosmerta 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:21 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Riddle vs Voldemort (Was: Feeling his pain)


  Trina wrote:
  What would happen if 
  Voldy's true identity were known by the rest of the wizarding world? How would that influence the upcoming fight?("That's who You-know-who is?  Why, I went to school with that dispicable little prat!  I always knew he'd turn out to be no good. He convinced Binns I cheated 
  on the Goblin Rebellion exam! Let me at him!") Would it make any difference?  How about if it were common knowledge he was a half-Muggle himself?  How would his minions react to that?

  An even better question: how would the rest of the wizarding world react? At the end of GoF we see Dumbledore & Co. preparing for battle (reaching out to the giants etc.) but maybe the war at this point should be mostly PR. The worst thing that could happen is for the majority of wizards to react the way Fudge did--incredulously blaming 
  the bad-news bearers. 

  Dumbledore could shake a lot of people out of that paranoid paralysis by saying Voldemort's name as freqently and as loudly as possible, and by painting him as the has-been loser that he is (the guy was crawling in the dirt as an undead being for 13 years; for his big comeback number, he attacks a wounded 14-year-old boy who still manages to defeat him; and he can't even get his old quorum of loyal 
  servants to show up for his rebirth).  

  ~Rosmerta~



        Yahoo! Groups Sponsor 
       
       

  _______ADMIN________ADMIN_______ADMIN__________

  From Monday 12th March, all OT (Off-Topic) messages must be posted to the HPFGU-OTChatter YahooGroup, to make it easier for everyone to sort through the messages they want to read and those they don't.

  Therefore...if you want to be able to post and read OT messages, point your cyberbroomstick at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter to join now! For more details, contact the Moderator Team at hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com.

  (To unsubscribe, send a blank email to hpforgrownups-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com) 

  Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]