[HPforGrownups] Voldemort, the Scheming Villain

[Danika Nicole]

No: HPFGUIDX 21452




>From: find_sam at hotmail.com
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>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Voldemort, the Scheming Villain
>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:52:21 -0000
>
>Eric Oppen wrote:
> > One thing that struck _me_ about the scene in the cemetery where
>Voldie reunites with his "faithful" Death Eaters is that he
>apparently has no problem calling them by name.  Why bother with
>those stupid robes if you're going to be using real names, out loud?
>I'm sure that Voldemort's easily smart enough to come up with code
>names, which would also make it a lot harder for a traitor to betray
>the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.
>
>Voldemort makes his Death Eaters wear the robes, IMO, because he is a
>Scheming Villain. His ultimate goal is to dominate the wizarding
>world, yes, but he wants everything to be 'perfect' as he does so.
>His creepy followers *must* wear spooky black robes. Having evil
>followers who wear their usual apparel to meetings is hardly the
>proper way to go about things, is it? Especially when you're a
>Scheming Villain.
>
>This idea of Voldemort as the Scheming Villain is especially
>important in GoF. One of the regularly discussed topics on this list
>is: Why did Voldemort have to wait until the Last Task until he got
>Harry to Portkey over to him; why didn't Moody just make Harry's
>toothbrush a Portkey?
>
>The answer, I believe, is that Voldemort is a Scheming Villain. He
>wants to succeed, but he wants to scheme, too. He's so sadistic that
>there's no fun in it for him if he's not scheming. It's hardly going
>to look impressive to his followers if he killed Harry Potter by
>transfiguring his toothbrush. OTOH, coming back to power and killing
>Harry Potter under the noses of the whole wizarding community...
>*that's* impressive.
>
>Of course, it's also a great device on which JKR can construct the
>canon. I suppose in a way we're all scheming readers - GoF would
>hardly be such a great book if Moody had turned Harry's *toothbrush*
>into a Portkey. PoA would have sucked if Sirius had killed 'Scabbers'
>on his first visit to Hogwarts. And so on.
>
> > Sam
>

I very dearly agree with you. It all comes down to suspense. If there was 
non and Harry was transfigured by a roving toothbrush , it just wouldnt be 
the same.

I agree 100%.

Danika Longbottom
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