Voldemort and the Prophecy Was:Re: Intro pt II: Plotholes and Sirius

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 71083

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" <acoteucla at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
> wrote:
> > What puzzles me now is, why was Voldemort sending Harry 
> > dreams about the door almost immediately after resurrecting, if 
he 
> > thought he was going to get at the prophecy some other way at 
> > first?   
> 
> He wasn't "sending" the dreams at first.  Voldemort was obsessed 
with 
> the prophecy, and Harry started dreaming about the hallway because 
of 
> their connection.  Voldemort was entirely unaware of their 
connection 
> at this point in the storyline.

Ah, okay.  The dreams progressed so smoothly into the 
obviously "sent" ones that I forgot all about that.
> 
> > If Voldemort was so worried about going to the MoM himself to 
> > take the prophecy, why did he go as a snake when he attacked 
> > Arthur?
> 
> He didn't go AS a snake.  I don't think there is any proof yet 
that 
> Voldemort is an animagus.  He had merely possessed Nagini, and was 
> scouting out the place.  Nagini would not have been able to touch 
the 
> prophecy merely because she was being possessed by Voldemort.

But -- would Voldemort do that with Nagini herself?  I don't believe 
he actually loves her, but his possession of creatures shortens 
their lives.  I wouldn't have thought he would want to use her in 
that way.  I suppose the prophecy would be more important to him 
than she would, but still, I have my doubts; I'd think he'd want to 
find some other way that didn't involve the likely killing of his 
snake.  I might find it easier to believe he is an animagus.

Annemehr