Voldermort not LV

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 110390

>>> Karen wrote:
> Harry never calls LV by his title - Lord.  Many of you may have 
> picked up on this before but by time I was finished book two.  I 
> don't know if I glossed onver this in previous readings (and there 
> have been many) but it was as if the absense of the word Lord were 
> neon underscores.  Harry is the only one to use just "Voldermort" 
> when refering to LV. <<<


Brenda:

I have always viewed Harry calling him Voldemort as one of the many 
things he had missed out from WW. The first time he learns the name 
from Hagrid, he has no idea how much terror Voldemort has caused. 
Sure, he 'heard' about it, but it takes time to register. I don't 
think he *really* knew how frightening Voldemort really was till the 
rebirth ceremony in GoF. God knows I did. I mean, Dark Lord or not, 
we are talking someone who failed to kill him when he was 1. Would 
you be so frightened if you were Harry and knew nothing of the dark 
times?

Harry uses the name (almost) recklessly. He attempted "You-Know-Who" 
but after Dumbledore's 'fear of the name increases fear of the thing 
itself' speech, he never looks back. Everytime he says "Voldemort", 
there is ALWAYS a mention of *someone* gasping or terrified (usually 
Ron, Molly, other DA members, etc). Everytime I read it I get this 
slight uncomfortable feeling that Harry is PROUD of it. That he can 
use the terror name freely while others are too cowardly to do so. 
Makes him look stronger, doesn't it.

As for Harry calling him Lord, "I will eat Buckbeak" (Sirius, GoF) 
before that happens. Remember during Harry's duel with Bellatrix, he 
carelessly screamed 'Voldemort' and 'did you know, he was half-blood 
too...' He will never 'Lord', Voldy has done too many spiteful 
things to Harry.

Now, when Hermione refered to him as "Voldemort", it took real 
courage out of her. The powerful effect it'd brought upon Harry, he 
controls his rage after that (I believe he was upset about DA 
suggestion).

> Dumbledore uses Lord Voldemort or Tom, Death eaters use Dark Lord, 
> even Sirius and Lupin use the title.

I don't remember Sirius and Lupin calling him 'Lord'... was that in 
OoP? Or...

Brenda