Voldie Intent (was: Anti-christ!whatever)

[anakinbester]

No: HPFGUIDX 46398

Marina wrote: 
> 
> Does Voldemort really want to rule the whole world, I wonder?  

To which I give the really long answer: 

I've always been curiuse if Voldemort even understands what he wants. 

Disclaimer:
I'm going to go out on a shaky branch here a talk about Voldemort as 
a Psycopath (or if you prefer as having a "severe antisocial 
disorder", Psychopath just sounds better to me so I still use that 
word) 
Anyway, I'm not a psychology major, I just read a lot about 
psychopaths this summer, and the attitude discribed seemed to nail 
Voldemort on the head. 
Also I have an interview of JKR describing him as "a raging 
psychopath, deviod of normal reactions to people's suffering" 
Anyway, like I said, I've not done any intensive training in 
psychology, so you can take all this witha   grain of salt if you 
want. It's all coming from the books I read. (which were psychology 
books, not sensationalist articles)


Why I question if he knows what he wants is because generally, 
psychopaths do not have long term goals for themselves. They indulge 
in self gratifying behavior and keep it up so long as it's 
entertaining, then throw it aside when they get bored (This describes 
their treatment of people too ^^) 

We've seen an example of that tendency in Voldemort. As Tom, he 
completely changed his "goal" in CoS when he decided that Harry was 
more interesting. Therefore, I find it hard to believe that he has 
some kind of crazed fanatical desire to rid the WW of muggle borns. 
He only does it when it amuses him. 

He certainly is egotisticle about himself, and he seems to need to be 
right. I think he simply enjoys manipulating people. I'm sure it's 
extremely amusing on some level to have all these pureblood bigots 
taking orders from, and fearing him, a mudblood. 

That may be the only motivation he really has. Control of the WW or 
the elimenation of mudbloods is just something said to gain 
followers. I doubt if he thinks of the future and what he will do if 
he does win. 

Everything is simply to prove his own power and thus motivated on 
vainity and his own self delusions that he is the only person that 
matters. 

> I suspect that beyond his personal goal of immortality,

I think that makes more sense than ruling anything. He talks more 
about it than he does anything else, and it would certainly prove his 
own power beyound a doubt. And, with the added benefit of making him 
perpetual, and therefore, stronger than any other Wizard. 

> Voldemort really wants is just enough territory to indulge his Evil 
> Overlord tendencies and to make sure that nobody else bothers him.  
> This is actually easier done with a small, unified power base than 
a 
> big, scattered one.

A bit like Dr. Doom insent he? Only I think Dr. Doom is more 
intelligent. But yes, I agree. I don't see him as a great conquerer. 
I see him as a small tyrant. 

-Ani