[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Couldn't LV get the prophesy for himself?

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No: HPFGUIDX 75312

At 05:11 PM 8/4/2003, you wrote:

>The guy has red eyes I think anyone smart enough would have known it
>was Voldemort. And even if he did rob the prophecy room as a DE
>people would be giving more credence to Dumbledore and his story that
>the Dark Lord was back and the MoM would have believed him especially
>if the prophecy on Voldemort had gone missing.
>
> > He could've disguised himself, possessed Nagini again and used her
>to just shatter the prophecy and release it, had a Death Eater just
>send a curse at the prophecy, break it, then get back to Voldemort
>(unless Voldemort just possessed that Death Eater--save time and
>effort).
>
>He had to be there in person. Possession would certainly not have
>worked and there might have been a chance that he would have ended up
>mentally damaged if he was possessing a Death Eater and the prophecy
>didn't recognize him and instead cursed him while he was in the DE's
>body which would have mentally damaged him like what it did to
>Podmore and Bode.

I don't recall Voldemort's name being on the prophecy bell jar, so why 
would he try to get it himself? He's only mentioned, and so is part, of the 
prophecy itself. It's not his, though, it's Harry's. Only Harry could pick 
up the jar, as his was the only name on it. Voldemort would have to lure 
him there. It seems that if he tried himself, even possessing Nagani, he'd 
go mad as well. We know he knew that by this point. Interesting that it was 
Neville who didn't want Harry to pick it up. It explains why Lucius Malfoy 
said something like "That's good Potter. Now give it to me" or whatever his 
exact words were. It never seemed necessary for LV to be there. He could 
keep low. This is how I understood it, anyway.
Erin