Voldemort's Goals (WAS: New Magical World)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 46319

bugaloo37 wrote:

> Thanks for the above JKR statement- I had not heard that 
> Voldemort's first goal was European domination.  IMO, Voldemort has 
> another goal- one that he has been working on for some time, 
> according to himself, prior to his failed attempt to kill Harry-
> immortality.  I can certainly see how one goal can be connected to 
> the other. 

Now me:

Here's the exact quote if you're interested:

Q: "How does the Dark Lord affect American wizards and witches?"

JKR: "He affects everyone, but his plan is European domination first."

and the link:  
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm

Voldemort clearly states in GoF that immortality is his goal.  But 
there's nowhere in any of the books that speaks to why he wants to 
become immortal, or what his ultimate objective is.  We have JKR's 
interview reference to "European domination," but that's about it.

I don't think he's really all that interested in Muggle or Mud-blood 
cleansing.  While his younger 16 year old self talks of carrying on 
Slytherin's "noble" work by opening the chamber in CoS and ridding 
Hogwarts of Muggle-borns, it doesn't seem to me that the Voldemort 
that Tom Riddle grew into is actually focused on this objective.  He 
lets his DEs have fun torturing Muggles (in GoF, it's referenced that 
half of the Muggle killings when Voldemort was in power the first 
time were for "fun"), but it doesn't appear to be his ultimate 
objective.  Moreover, if he kills off all of the Muggles, there 
wouldn't be many people left to rule over (since wizards comprise a 
relatively small share of the world's population).

So what is his ultimate objective - just power?  I suppose that could 
be it, since he's obviously very power-hungry, but I'm wondering if 
there isn't more to his goals than we've been informed of to date.

~Phyllis