[HPforGrownups] Re: Eye Roll

[Amber ?]

No: HPFGUIDX 24692


>From: prefectmarcus at yahoo.com
>
> > Amber said:
> >
> > > My biggest eye roll? At this exact line in GOF 33, pg658 USed:
> > > "Now untie him, Wormtail, and give him back his wand."
>
>Well, I think it had to happen.  Voldemort HAD to give Harry his wand
>back.  Why?
>
>Because these guys have been living free of Voldemort for thirteen
>years.  They've gone on with their lives.  Voldemort was a bad dream
>for at least some of them.  Now he's back.  He has GOT to show he is
>in control.  He cannot show it by simply snuffing out Harry.  What
>does that prove?  Nothing.

And on some level, I do agree with you. As I said before in my post, I see 
the logic in this. But the part still made me roll my eyes and internally 
rage at Voldemort for making such a stupid mistake.

I look at all the planning that went into capturing Harry. Mad-Eye Moody 
being subdued, a *heck* of a lot of Polyjuice being made, Crouch managing to 
fool everyone into believing he's Mad-Eye, the adding of Harry's name to the 
Goblet, *months* of waiting until the Third Task, helping Harry to make sure 
he does all right in the tournament, adding the spell that made the 
Triwizard Cup a portkey, and making sure that Harry isn't killed in the 
maze. I mean, seriously, a lot of thought and effort went into making sure 
everything went perfectly. The end result of it was to resurrect Voldemort 
and presumably kill Harry. And instead of quickly killing him and getting on 
with the whole "Taking Over The World" bit (I'm assuming that this is 
Voldemort's goal), he decides that he needs to "impress" his followers. He 
threw away all that planning and work. Incredibly shortsighted in my 
opinion.

If Voldemort was smart, he would've thought back to the times that he's been 
thwarted by Harry. He would've thought "This kid had unbelievable luck when 
it comes to me, I'm not taking any chances". If he had time to plan a way to 
bring Harry to him, he had time to think about how he was going to kill 
Harry. The goal is "get all the opposition out of the way", not "impress my 
followers".

If Voldemort really is such a powerful wizard and no one is equal to him 
other than Voldemort, he doesn't NEED to worry about impressing his 
followers. He shouldn't feel the need to prove anything. And if he does, 
well it's a serious character flaw for an Evil Dark Lord. Evil Dark Lords 
shouldn't care what others think of them, even what their followers think of 
them in my opinion. Perhaps Voldemort isn't as powerful as everyone thinks 
he is?

How about this for another stupid mistake. Instead of destroying the portkey 
after Harry arrives, it is left where Harry can get to it again. Tchah. 
Somebody should've either 1)Destroyed it or 2)Nullified it so it couldn't be 
used as a portkey any longer. I hope Wormtail got a good yelling at later...

I do realize that Voldemort is not perfect. He has to make mistakes, fatal 
mistakes that bring about his downfall. However, I just don't like it when 
Villains make ridiculous mistakes. And untying Harry and giving his wand 
back was a ridiculous mistake in my mind. If Voldemort makes any others in 
the next books, I'll be quite upset.

Forgive me for being all passionate about this. I'm perhaps one of the few 
people who did NOT find the ending of GOF chilling at all; I found it 
somewhat hokey. *grin* Eh, well, such is life...

~Amber

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