Gilderoy Lockhart, Agent of Lord Voldemort?

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 59646

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> One thing that occured to me, rereading CoS, is that Lockhart's
activities
> could have had a darker rationale than helping him sell Lotsa Books.
 What
> if he had a secondary purpose, namely, eliminating the very wizards and
> witches who'd be the most useful to the Good Guys, before Lord Voldemort
> came back?
> 
> Think about it:  He goes around finding wizards and witches who've
> successfully battled Dark creatures---and destroys their memories. 
I don't
> know if the Memory Charm would absolutely render someone amnesiac,
but from
> what he says in the outer part of the Chamber, I suspect so.  And we
know
> that an amnesiac wizard or witch can't cast spells, or even remember
that he
> or she is magical; Gilderoy's amazed at magic after he Obliviates
himself.
> 
> Now, wouldn't this sort of thing be just the way to prepare the way
for a
> return of the Dark Lord?  I mean, eliminating the very people the
other side
> would find the most useful would be something _I_ would think was a good
> plan, and I don't doubt that for all his megalomania, Lord V. (or his
> puppet-masters; remember my post earlier about how it's possible
that Lord
> V. is an unwitting front-man for people like Lucius Malfoy?) is
smart enough
> to think of it for himself.
> 
> I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Lord V. hissing in OoP that "One
> reason I hate Harry Potter is because, thanks to him, one of my best
agents
> is now a gibbering idiot in St. Mungo's!"
> 
> I wonder what sort of acronym I can use for a theory that Gilderoy
Lockhart
> is Lord Voldemort's agent?  I'll have to think...

Intriguing! Plus it would explain why Lucius Malfoy starts making all
those donations to St Mungo?s. It isn?t merely to gain political
influence; he needs a way to overcome memory charms in order to get
Lockhart back on board again (isn?t there a Lucius/Lockhart ship
somewhere, oh dear). 
Like the idea of Voldie as unwitting tool ? maybe he?s the (ironic)
Harry?s fan death of OoP, and Lucius becomes a much trickier villain
in the 6th and 7th books (or not).
Catherine McK