Would Lucius have gone on a Voldy hunt?

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 35292

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "uilnslcoap" <devin.smither at y...> wrote:
>> 
> I would have agreed with you until a couple of days ago, when I 
> realized that *dun, dun, dun!* Lucius gave Ginny Riddle's diary.
> 
> Now, I suppose we can say that he was really doing it more to get 
> Ginny to murder some Mudbloods and ruin Arthur's reputation 
> (tarnished with Muggle love as it already is) than to bring old 
Voldy 
> back, but he must have known that was going to happen.
> 
> (Side note: I suppose if Riddle had succeeded, he would've tracked 
> down the undead form of his older self and somehow reunited with it)
> 
> This begs the question: why does he seem to have pretty cold feet 
> about the whole idea of Voldemort coming back at any other time?
> 
> I'd say it's because he's in public almost every time we encounter 
> him.  Even when someone shoots the Dark Mark into the air and 
you're 
> EAGER to have Voldemort back, you don't run to it because you don't 
> want to get caught.
> 
> I don't think I entirely understand Lucius's seeming reluctance to 
> bring Voldy back to power, but it seems his CoS antics at least 
> suggest he was trying to engender it in some way, even if he wasn't 
> as brimmingly enthusiastic as Crouch Jr.  However, if someone has a 
> better idea about his motives in giving Ginny the diary in CoS, I'd 
> like to hear it.
> 
>I think I have a guess at why Lucius gave Ginny the diary. I think 
Lucius, since he collects articles related to the dark arts and keeps 
them hidden under his dining room in a secret room, just happened to 
come across the TR diary. We aren't sure how he aquires the diary 
because it doesn't tell us in canon, but just insinuates it by the 
scene where he and Draco go to the store in -can't remember name of 
Alley, but it sounds similar to Diagon-to sell some items.

Anyway, Lucius is angry because the MOM is still searching wizard 
houses for articles related to the dark arts.Many of these artifacts 
are very valuable, Lucuis has a very expensive collection and doesn't 
want to loose his investment. If I am not mistaken, Arthur Weasley 
was related in some way to the department responsible for 
conviscating these items. Since this is a hobby for Lucius, he 
resents it, and wants to discredit the members of this branch of 
office. 

Lucius is also not happy with the Dumbledore as Head of Hogwarts for 
several reasons: He allows wizards of muggle parentage in to the 
school, he is not happy with the curiculum because it doesn't teach 
the dark arts, just the DADA class. 

Lucius cooks up the diary fiasco to discredit both Arthur Weasley and 
Dumbledore as the main motivation. I don't think his intentions were 
specifically aimed at helping Voldemort at this point, but that 
Lucius had his own agenda in getting rid of these people who can 
possibly hinder the amount of influence he has in the wizarding 
community. Lucuis doesn't need Voldy as much as the other DE's as he 
already has wealth to buy whatever position he seeks out, and the 
reputation of his family name to open doors for him in wizarding 
society. Like Pettigrew, I think Lucuis sided with Voldy more out of 
convenience, and as an " insurance policy" to further his social 
status in the wizarding community, and to also achieve some of his 
own goals , as Voldy has no love for muggles either. Don't you 
remember Lucuis telling Draco to try to stay on Harry's good side? 
Lucuis is all about politics, he wants to hedge his bets by playing 
both sides of the political fence in order to preserve or further his 
own social status and influence. In the future, I can see Lucius 
suddenly aiding Dumbledore and Harry if it looks like that side has 
the advantage in the upcoming war in the remainder of the series.With 
this in mind, I would say that Lucius had a primarily selfish agenda 
of his own in cooking up the plot of introducing the diary to Ginny 
Weasley.

Jo Ellen