The Gleam & the Hiss

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 36212

A few of us, just one or two maybe, have theorized that Dumbledore's 
Gleam means he has seen some fatal weakness in Voldemort's rebirth 
strategy.  Eh, maybe.

But if that is so, then how can Crouch/Moody's behavior be 
explained?  Crouch/Moody kidnaps Harry to his office.  At this 
point, Dumbledore suspects something is wrong, but Crouch/Moody 
doesn't know that.  

Crouch/Moody questions Harry.  We get to the part about Wormtail 
taking Harry's blood:

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"What did the Dark Lord take from you?" said Moody.

"Blood," said Harry, raising his arm.  His sleeve was ripped where 
where Wormtail's dagger had torn it.  

Moody let out his breath in a long, low hiss.  "And the Death 
Eaters? They returned?"

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Apparently, Crouch/Moody attaches some significance to the use of 
Harry's blood.  I think it's reasonable to conclude that Moody does 
not believe the use of Harry's blood is Voldemort's fatal error.  If 
Crouch/Moody really believed that, I have trouble understanding why 
he proceeds with the plan to kill Harry.  Wouldn't it make more 
sense for Crouch/Moody to abandon the plan and simply explain away 
his kidnapping of Harry?  Why kill Harry if Crouch/Moody knows that 
Voldemort has made a fatal error?  From Crouch/Moody's POV, it might 
make some sense to just take Harry to the hospital wing and forget 
the whole thing, rather than risk his life in service to Voldemort-
The-Forgetful.

That means Crouch/Moody (and by extension, Voldemort) believes that 
using Harry's blood is not a fatal error for the Dark Side.  Why 
would Crouch/Moody and Voldemort, both smart, talented, experienced 
Dark Wizards come to the exact opposite conclusion as Dumbledore?

I think there might be a parallel between the Priori Incantantem 
plot element and the Harry's blood plot element.  In the Priori 
Incantantem sequence, Dumbledore was aware of a critical fact that 
Voldemort did not know -- that Harry's wand shared a core with 
Voldemort's.  

So if Crouch/Moody still thinks Voldemort is invincible and 
deserving of Crouch/Moody's loyalty, what is it that Dumbledore 
knows that Voldemort doesn't know?  There are probably lots of 
possibilities, but the only one that comes to mind is Trelawney's 
prediction.  That said, I'm still unsure what this prediction might 
be.

Am I way off base here?

Cindy (who figures we haven't done "Gleam" in a while and so will 
bravely raise the issue again)