Voldemort the evil overlord

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 10125

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, " Charmian" <sashibuya at h...> wrote:
> It also makes the hero's achievement much greater, IMO, if we know
> that it didn't rest partially on the flaws of the villain.

Isn't that a bit much to ask of an 11 yo hero? 
As novice fanfic writer, my villains have to be dumb because my 
heroes aren't smarter than me and therefore can't figure out how 
to foil smart villains.

> Plus, in real life, the nasty person usually isn't loony, just
> mean, self-centered, and unscrupulous, and succeeds sometimes. 

Well, we had that in Lockhart.
and Lucius?
and Fudge?
and Bagman?