[HPforGrownups] Re: Average Harry?

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 18864

Magda wrote:

> > I always felt that GOF ended rather...er...lamely. I was biting my
> > nails all through Wormtail taking Harry's blood and bringing back
> > Voldemort. My eyes were glued to the page during Voldemort's little
> > speech. I was expecting something big to happen and then...what?
> > Voldemort unties Harry, gives his wand back, and says "Let's have a
> > duel"? Huh? At that point I'm thinking "Has Voldemort gone nutters?
>
>
>I know "I agree" posts are frowned on but I agree completely with
>this.  Lord V. is such a bonehead that I wonder how he's going to
>sustain his menace for three more books.

It doesn't take a genius to kill millions.

A madman is an entirely differently story.

Not all madmen can claim genius.

Sure, Voldemort seems a bit dundering.  But I don't think the characters who 
were around during his first rise to power will estimate him this time 
around.  And I don't think we've fully seen in canon the reason why wizards 
and witches feared this madman to the point of being afraid to invoke his 
name (reminds me a bit of demon lore--summoning dark creatures by speaking 
their names).

In fact, the biggest mistake the characters could make would be to 
underestimate Voldemort and his followers.  Our own Muggle past could attest 
to that.

--Ebony

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