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

[Danger Mouse]

No: HPFGUIDX 75315

GEO:Those aurors are humans and in Tonk's case metamorphagi. 
Voldemort is no longer human and certainly not a metamorphagi. Again 
I don't think Voldemort would risk his own very neck and possible 
detection to get the prophecy. 

Dan:
Regardless of if he's human, he can still do magic, and thus should be able to alter his appearance just as much as anyone else. Maybe there are limitations to his magical range, but I don't think whipping up a potion or charm to disguise himself would be one of them. Besides, even if it was, there's still muggle means (make up, and a wig.)

GEO: The same ministry that reported the successful escape of 
Bellatrix and co? So yes they would have reported it to the prophet 
and it would then make more people suspicious despite their attempts 
to hush it up.

Dan:
True, but that was something was extremely noticible. God (Rowling) knows how they escaped. Did they blow a hole in the side of the prison, and swim? Or did they steal a boat? Or did they steal the wizard guards' wands and use those to apparate to land? An attack in the dead of night when there is no guard or security tripped, where one prophecy is stolen is probably much less noticible than 10 Death Eaters escaping out of Azkaban, and substantially easier to cover up.

GEO:
And why would they rob the prophecy room? If anything the 
continued presence of DEs escaping and spreading terror would have 
gotten more people suspicius and helped gather more people towards 
Dumbledore's side. Remember people were already suspicious when the 
ten in Azkaban escaped despite Fudge saying that Sirius was behind it.

Dan:
Um, to steal the prophecy. It would certainly be of interest, people would say, because it was about Potter and The Dark Lord. Naturally, Death Eaters would want to have it so they might figure out a way to bring him back. People knew the Death Eaters were around, and Voldemort was going to come out eventually; this was just a bit earlier than was planned. 

GEO: A well controlled one? Magic by definition is hardly a precise 
science and I don't think Voldemort would have risked getting the 
prophecy smashed since he needed to hear it.

Dan:
What about the stupefy charm--it's a thin ray that aurors and other law enforcers use on a regular basis to hit targets. It would have made a lot of sense for Voldemort to possess someone, have him carefully curse/charm the prophecy and then listen in. What about levitation charms? If touching the prophecy is what causes madness, and can only be disarmed by the touch of the subject, it could possibly just be levitated into a sack, and then the henchman could skip off into the night back to Evil HQ. 

-Dan

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