LV's Evil: "Gift for Spreading Discord and Enmity..."

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 80782

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> Perhaps Voldemort is The Ultimate Dementor, sucking all the good 
> thoughts and memories of all who try to fight him, and he and his 
> followers feed off them.  People like Umbridge, Fudge and Percy 
> knowingly or unknowingly contribute to their power by thwarting the 
> Power of Good and feeding the Power of Evil.
> 
> 

catlady's response:

Presumably, the Death Eaters don't feed on stolen good thoughts, or
they would get hungrier as they get more successful (because the more
successful they get, the fewer good thoughts people have). Dementors
at Azkaban have that same problem, so if the wizards don't keep
sending them a supply of fresh food, they're easily tempted to 
leave Azkaban and hunt for their own fresh food. Thus, people like
Umbridge are not good for Dementors, because they reduce the amount 
of good thoughts available for Dementors to feed on. Can it be that
Death Eaters get nourishment from people's *bad* thoughts without
taking the bad thought away from the people? 


Jen again:
I should have said Voldemort is *like* the Ultimate Dementor, because 
I was picturing him as performing Dark Magic in a way similar to the 
dementors, but that the result would be the spreading of "disord and 
enmity" by producing dark thoughts and feelings in others. So I 
didn't explain this thought right, talking about Voldemort "sucking 
the good thoughts and feelings."

Rather, as the dark magic penetrates the psyche of the Good, their 
power is diminished and thus, increases the Power of Evil. Jen