Lucius and the Diary

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 46687

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Carol Bainbridge <kaityf at j...> wrote:

...Major Edit...
> 
> Anne also wrote:
> 
> > ...edite...  And as he was brilliant, ambitious, and the creator 
> > of the diary himself, I don't think Real!Riddle would ever doubt 
> > that he would have the ability to control Diary!Riddle should 
> >they ever meet.


> CAROL Replied:
> I agree.  I'm sure it was also a failsafe type thing.  If something 
> happened to him later, he could come back through his memory.  This
> is part of why I think Lucius knew exactly what the diary was for 
> and how it worked.  I keep thinking that Lucius was helping 
> Voldemort come back into power. I don't think that he was trying to 
> power for himself.  He had to know what was in that diary, which 
> means he wouldn't try to take power by using an old version of 
> Voldemort.  Maybe part of the reason that he chose this year to do 
> this is that the Ministry chose this year to do raids and  he was 
> afraid of being caught with too many things he shouldn't have before 
> he had a chance to use them.  This, of course, begs the question of 
> why he  hadn't done it before.  He had 12 years.  Why wait all that
> time?

BBoy_mn adds:

First, I think Riddle didn't foresee that diary bringing him back to
life during his lifetime. He hoped that eventually someone somewhere
would figure out how it worked and unknowingly sacrifice themselve to
give him new life. It's possible this could happen over and over again
for as long as the diary existed. This could have been Voldemort's
first attempt at some form of immortality. In a sense, as long as he
could find people willing to write into the diary, he could keep
stealing their life to give himself life.

Later when he fully became Lord Voldemort he had grander and more
immediate plans for immortaltity. I think sometime during the
QuirrelMort phase or perhaps immediately after, Big_V sent word to
Lucius say that in the event that the Philosopher's Stone attempt
failed he should deploy the diary.

Personally, I think after the failed to get the stone, he was pretty
depressed and didn't feel like he could ever truly come back as
himself. So on the way back to Albania, resigned to living eternity as
vapor, he decided to start all over at age 16 and give himself a
second chance. And what better way to bring himself back to life than
to do so by stealing the life of Harry Potter. His doom becomes the
source of his rebirth. He stopped at Lucius M's and explain the dairy
and told him to plant it on Harry Potter.

Now, a brief look at Dobby's part in this. For Dobby to have overheard
anything about this plot, Lucius had to talk to someone about it. Who
did he talk to? Did he sit around talking to himself? Is he in the
habit of discussing detailed plans of treachery with Dobby? Draco? His
Wife? I don't think so. But if Dobby had been there wher VaporMort
appreared and talked to Lucius, that would have surely scare the hell
out of Dobby.

So, Dobby overheard, and maybe saw, Lucius and VaporMort talking.
Ponder, frets and worries about it, then makes the bold decision to go
against his master and warn Harry Potter.

Circumstances, prevented Lucius from giving the diary directly to
Harry, so he gave it to Ginny instead. But Dobby is still away that
Harry is in danger. He know Lucius and this spiritual force of evil
are plotting against Harry, and Dobby still wants to protect him. Even
without the threat of Riddle using Harry's life to regain his own.
Dobby knows that once Riddle regains his physical self and finds out
about Harry, he's going to immediately come after Harry. So regardless
of who has the diary, Harry is in great danger as long as he stays at
Hogwards. Certainly in danger even away from Hogwarts, but in great
and immediate danger if he remains there.

Voldemort, resign to vapor for eternity, decides to start over. He
visits Lucius and starts his backup plan with the diary. The two are
overheard and maybe seen by Dobby, who can't allow the heroic Harry
Potter to die.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn