[HPforGrownups] Re: LV's mudblood ancestry

Ladi lyndi ladilyndi at yahoo.com
Wed May 7 07:26:56 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 57200

--- Tom wrote:
> So, in other words, it's possible that Lucius
> never communicated 
> with Diary!Riddle, and so the reason I brought
> all that up at all is 
> that because of this, Lucius might not know
> about Riddle's past from 
> that book, as Harry does.

Lynn:

No, we don't know technicially if Malfoy had any
direct communication with Diary!Riddle, but how
would Malfoy have gotten Riddle's school things,
know the potential of the diary and not know that
Riddle and Voldemort are the same?

Personally, I don't see Voldemort going to Malfoy
and saying, "Hey, Lucius.  If that Potter kid
does bring about my downfall, just give someone
this old school diary of mine and that'll bring
me back."  Malfoy knew who the diary belonged to
and what it's potential is.  We know that by
Dobby trying to keep Harry away from Hogwarts a
month before Harry is due to return to school, so
this has been planned.  Dobby knew Riddle was
Voldemort and how would he know unless he learned
that in the Malfoy house?

"'I've just got one question, Dobby,' said Harry,
as Dobby pulled on Harry's sock with shaking
hands.  'You told me all this had nothing to do
with He Who Must Not Be Named, remember?  Well -'

'It was a clue, sir,' said Dobby, his eyes
widering, as though this was obvious.  'Dobby was
giving you a clue.  The Dark Lord, before he
changed his name, could be freely named, you
see?'"  (CoS, p. 249, UK)

My big question is not if Lucius Malfoy knows if
Riddle and Voldemort are the same person but why
Malfoy took so long to use the diary.  Why not
use the diary soon after Voldemort disappeared? 
Why not use it before Draco arrived at Hogwarts? 
Could it be the Lucius was communicating with
Diary!Riddle and it was decided to wait until
Harry showed up at Hogwarts so that Riddle could
kill Harry and then go get his future self and be
restored?

Lynn



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