[HPforGrownups] Voldie's foes WAS: wormtail's "silver" hand

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 36709

finwitch said:
>Actually, only Dumbledore and Harry Potter were *real* foes. Others 
>fighting against Voldemort simply obeyed orders from Dumbledore (or 
>Harry: Ron/Hermione). 

I think this assertion is entirely unfair to the hundreds, possibly thousands, of brave witches and wizards who sacrificed or were willing to sacrifice their lives to stop dear old Voldie.  Do you think that Mad Eye would have hesitated to fight the rise of the Dark Lord without Dumbledore's tender guidance?  What about the army of other aurors?  Surely not all of them were fighting a very dangerous fight indeed, just because a very good man "ordered" them to.  Not to mention people like the Weasleys and the Potters...I don't think that people such as these would have sat back and let Voldemort take over, if not for Dumbledore's presence.  I am of the opinion that, while Dumbledore was a strong leader in the battle against Voldemort, he was *not* the only leader, nor did all instructions come directly from him. Crouch Sr., especially, seems to have had little influence from Dumbledore.  A war such as the one fought against the Death Eaters is a very individualized war.  Perhaps wizards who first opted to stay neutral on the subject joined the side of the light after family member/they personally/etc.  were attacked by D.E.s...This decision would be theirs and certainly no one else's.

Furthermore, perhaps during parts of PS/SS Ron and Hermione were acting against V. because of Harry, simply because they did not yet recognize the severity of the problem, but during the other three books, they make conscious, individual decisions to fight V. without Harry's help or input.  If anyone in their trio is a leader in the triumvirate's battle against L.V., it's Hermione.  As far as issuing orders, she is usually the one who guides the boys through many tactical strategies.  It's not Harry who makes them take the polyjuice potion to stop the Heir, neither is it Harry who spends hours in the library, researching answers to the problems the trio faces.  Harry doesn't ask her to do this, she simply takes initiative.  Ron, too, I believe, would act against Voldie whether Harry was there or not.

Anyway, the point is, I really don't believe that only Dumbledore and Harry count as V's only foes.  Certainly, they are not even his only *serious* foes.  Think of the aurors such as Mad Eye who took out so many of his precious Death Eaters, and Crouch, whose evils against the D.E. cause are innumerable.  Perhaps he feels they are more *personal* foes, but as far as the potion went, I don't believe it would have made a difference.  In fact, as so many have speculated, using Harry's blood may have been Voldie's undoing.

laura

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