Hopes for Book 5

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 59141


Chuck wrote:

> Additionally, all that was needed was a line 
> from Voldemort that Harry's blood was no good to him unless he had 
a 
> certain level of skill as a wizard for his rebirth spell to work 
and 
> the purpose of having Harry in the Tournament is validated.
> 
> That smells of rushed writing to me 


  Linda:

        I see your point here but I think if JKR had done as you 
suggested it would have called into question yet another part of 
canon. In the conversation Frank Bryce overhears at the Riddle house, 
Wormtail tries to convince LV to use another wizard for his 
rebirthing. Voldemort's reply is to admit that another wizard could 
be used but that he wants the protection Harry's mother left in him. 
There is no mention of any other factor. IMO, the implication is that 
any wizard that considers LV as his enemy would have been sufficient 
to make the potion work and Harry's strength has nothing to do with 
it. Additionally, also IMHO, IF LV was going for strength, it seem to 
me that he could have done better than Wormtail for the flesh of the 
servant part of the potion. He could have had Wormtail bind Harry and 
leave him there until Crouch Jr could arrive for instance. 
Considering that Crouch Jr was in possesion of an invisability cloak 
it shouldn't have been that difficult for him to slip off the school 
grounds and apparate to LV's side.

-Linda, just my two knuts