Non-wizards with magical talent / Voldemort's Compitence
bluesqueak
pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk
Tue Oct 1 06:59:18 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 44732
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "psychodudeneo" <psychomaverick at h...>
wrote:
> I'm sure I'll get him NEXT time!".
>
> Take for example, the end scene of GoF. Voldemort makes what will
> probably turn out to be the greatest mistake of his career. He
> gives Harry a fighting chance.
>
> I'm sure the assembled Death Eaters were thinking the same thing I
> was.
>
> "Wow. What an idiot."
>
> This is similar to the way traditional villains capture the hero
> and place him in a cell somewhere with one inept guard to make sure
>they don't escape. It's blatant stupidity.
>
Err... No. It isn't.
I did a very long analysis of the graveyard scene back in post
#40044, and in fact Voldemort is not being stupid at all. There's
some evidence (its all in #40044) that Harry is currently *less*
effective with his wand than he is without it. Don't forget - Harry's
still a student, learning to use his wand.
*Without* his wand otoh, he came incredibly close to killing
Voldemort at the tender age of one.
> Even Voldemort, megalomaniac that he is, should've thought:
>
> "Gee, this kid whooped my arse twice before. Maybe I shouldn't arm
> him and try to fight him again? Maybe I should just kill him now
> that I have him trapped?"
>
<Snip>
Again, if you read that scene through, you *can* come to the
conclusion that Voldemort would love to kill Harry, but isn't
entirely certain that he's going to be *able* to. He tries to weaken
Harry first - by the tying to the gravestone, by the crucios, and
then doesn't actually launch his AK until Harry is concentrating on
another spell.
>
> I can only hope that Voldemort, at the climax of Book 5, doesn't
>give Harry his wand, a bazooka, some grenades, and a trained dragon
> while exclaiming to his minions:
>
> "I'll beat him this time, just WATCH!"
He might well let Harry have a bazooka. Harry doesn't know how to use
a bazooka. [grin]
>
> No wonder all the DE's forsook him.
Ah, but did they?
Pip!Squeak
[who managed to get through the entire post without mentioning the
words that mean magic-things-which-are-very-handy-to-have-in-the-
kitchen*]
[Especially if you hold lots of dinner parties].
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