[HPforGrownups] What was Voldemort afraid of?

[setzer at barnwellsc.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22104



> Each time I read GoF and the prior incantum thing, I have to ask my
> self, "Why was Voldemort afraid of the shadows of his victums?"  They
> weren't even ghosts.  What harm could they do?
>
> For that matter, what were they saying to Voldemort when they were
> speaking to him?  Harry saw that he was especially frightened at
> those moments they were prowling around him.  So, what exactly would
> they be saying to him that would make him flinch like that?

Perhaps they reminded him of the one thing Voldemort seems to fear above all
else:  death.  The echoes of your victims coming back to haunt you would
have to be one of the ultimate reminders of your own mortality, and although
Voldemort seems assured of his immortality (though I have doubts about this
given the mortal blood used in his "reincarnation") it is still a phobia
that likely weighs very, very heavily on his mind.

Either that, or mybe they were threatening to tickle him until he peed in
his pants...which is just as scary.

--
Jim