Death Eater Baby Boom

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 43485

Catlady wrote:
> 
> > << My theory is that Voldemort believes in Prophecies and 
> > Divination, and he discovered that it was written in the stars (or 
> > whatever) that 
> > a boy in Britain conceived around Halloween 1979 and born around 
> > Lammas 1980 would have exceptional magic powers.<snip>

Naama the new answered: 
> I like that one. (In danger of writing things that were posted 
> before)- do you think this could be *the* prophecy Dumbledore talks 
> about? If so, how the hell did he find out about it? I don't think 
> they could have ever met, could they?

They HAVE met, Naama. After all, LV was human once. He was called 
Riddle, and he studied under Dumbledore. The question is not how 
Dumbledore heard of the prophecy, but how Voldemort heard it. Since the 
person normally involved in prophecies is Trelawny, and Dumbledore's 
comment of "bringing the total of real prophecies to two", most 
believers in prophesy-based theories normally think that it was 
Trelawny the one who made the prophecy to start with. Dumbledore, 
always an impotant teacher, would've herad about it. How did Riddle 
know, then? Well, maybe the prophecy was spoken to him (just as it was 
spoken to Harry 50+ years later).
 
> And here's how I connect this with my theory- could Voldemort have 
> known the Potters' son is the appointed one, and the "go reproduce" 
> order was set against Harry in the first place? 

I don't understand how you tie them, Naama. Could you please elaborate? 
How can an order to reproduce be against Harry?
 
> Could they be an insurance to Voldemort? Making sure the DE would 
> have children, so he could threaten them in case of disloyalty or 
> lack of faith?

This I find hard to believe, although I supose it could be possible. 
The problem is that it has two flaws I can see (although maybe they 
aren't so). First one, people who join the DEs are normally egoistic 
and egocentric (as weel as evil and cruel, of course). None of this 
qualities allow for manipulation through others, but are easily 
manipulated by threatening the person itself. What I mean is that 
Voldemort would get a more receptie audience if he just threatened with 
Imperious, Crucius and AKs to his DEs than by threatening children they 
didn't want to have in the first place (if he really ordered them to 
have them).

The second point is that Voldemort doesn't understand love, so he 
wouldn't be able to understand that a parent would bend to his will if 
he threatened his offspring. Voldemort only seems to know of his 
father's treatment to him, and I don't think he's capable of 
understanding the love that bonds a parent to his sons and daughters. 
And if he cannot understand it, he cannot use it.
 
> > Hi, NAAMA the new! (A concept that surprised me until I remembered 
> > that listie Naama Gata is not the only Naama in the world.)
> 
> I liked that too.
> 
>  Naama the New, 
> who knows only too well that there are many Naamas in the world, 
> having two cousins and a good friend by the same name... ;-)
> 
> P.S.
> 
> Who's Naama Gata?

He's (She's? Sorry, gender recognition in foreign names is not my 
strong) a list-member that used to post until a few months ago. I, like 
Catlady, at first thought you were him/her.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf