[HPforGrownups] Voldemort a Puppet?

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 49428

  Greetings!

> Eric wrote:

EO> It occurs to me, considering the character of Cornelius
EO> Fudge, that Voldemort himself might be no more than a
EO> puppet---manipulated by someone (high-ranking followers
EO> making suggestions in ways that ensure that he'll likely
EO> take them, and selectively feeding him information) to
EO> ensure the domination of the British wizarding world by
EO> others---and that Cornelius Fudge might well be one of
EO> the puppet-masters.

EO> (long text skipped)

EO> Wouldn't it be an interesting twist to have Harry face
EO> down and destroy the evil Dark Lord---and then find out
EO> that the real enemy was never Voldemort, but the people
EO> who more-or-less created him and turned him loose on the
EO> WW? _Harry Potter and the Magical Illuminati,_ anyone?

  Despite my general attraction to various conspiracy
theories, I must admit this one is absolutely impossible.

  First, as you have admitted yourself, Voldemort is far
from stupid and controllable. What directly follows is that
by now he would know about this plot already, or at least
suspected something.

  You can trick one man for long time, or many people for
short time, but you cannot trick everyone forever. If not
Voldemort, then other mages would become aware of something
"behind the screens". At least rumours would leak - and we
see none of them. Masons were a *very* secretive
organization - but how long did their existence remain
unknown? Hardly several years, and probably less.

  Another assumption behind this theory is that there exists
a tight-knit group of high-ranked mages, united with common
long-term goal, and that *everyone* of those mages puts that
goal above any and all personal goals. And of course we must
assume that during 11 years of Voldemort's Reign all of
those Illuminati have remained faithful to the goal, none
got dissatisfied, etc.

  Can you imagine Lucius Malfoy to posess such qualities? I
cannot. Actually, I can see nobody in WW who would posess
such qualities and who would not be already on Dumbledore's
side. So sorry, but I can only believe in conspiracy if
there's Dumbledore behind it, not Fudge. And conspirating
Dumbledore somehow doesn't hit the strings in my soul
either. It's just too out of character for him.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed,
always happy to throw weird ideas into community.

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