[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldie was not shocked

[Star Opal]

No: HPFGUIDX 50169

Melody said:
>Maybe this run of lines can be interpreted in two ways,

I guess so, I can see where you're coming from, but I think Voldemort was 
taken aback, but more in an annoyed unexpected way, than all out shock. He's 
more angry at Harry than afraid, but still a little, thrown.

And my whole theory with the DEs is more of personal interpretation than 
something I can prove.

>but I just cannot see how the shock of imperius would not be as great as 
>the shock of prior incantatem.

Well people have come out of Imperius before, we know this. Barty and Mr.. 
Crouch are only two examples, surely there have been others. So when Harry 
does it, Voldemort wasn't expecting it, but its not an impossible one in a 
million chance like two wands connecting and the resulting Prior Incantatem, 
so its more of a set back.

Now first of all Voldemort would have no way of knowing that Harry had his 
wand's brother. In fact only three people know, Harry, Dumbledore, and 
Olivander. So we have this incredibly rare occurrence, that LV had no way of 
anticipating. He is completely out of control.

>Why wouldn't Voldemort slightly fear Harry?

Ego. Voldemort was thwarted twice by Lilly's protective charm, but now it 
doesn't effect him. Harry has been under Dumbledore's various protections, 
but now he's out here on LV's field on LV's terms...

"And I am now going to prove my power by killing him, here and now, in front 
of you all, when there is no Dumbledore to help him, and no mother to die 
for him." - GoF ch 33

He doesn't see Harry himself as an opponent. He doesn't see Harry as a 
wizard who has the potential to be very powerful. He see's him as the 'Boy 
Who Lived'. Harry didn't defeat Voldemort so much as he just didn't die. 
Voldemort _knows_ himself to be smart, _knows_ himself to be powerful. So 
when Harry comes out of Imperius, Voldemort still underestimates him because 
of his ego.

Star Opal
that may be the first time I've ever used thwarted in a sentence, spiffy

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