Death Eaters

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No: HPFGUIDX 120595


> Neri wrote:
> <snip>
> > *****************************
> > GoF, Ch. 9:
> > the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you're
> >about to find inside.." Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone's worst 
> >fear. The very worst."
> > *****************************
> >
> > Everyone's worst fear, a boggart maybe? <big snip>

> 
> Carol responds:
> Forgive me for saying this so bluntly, but a boggart *in itself* isn't
> "everyone's worst fear." 
> <snip>
> 
> charme:
> 
> I don't believe I had such a literal interpretation of Neri's boggart 
> comment, Carol. I think Neri meant that it could be a form of a
boggart for 
> some individuals:  it's not inconcievable that when the Dark Mark
appeared 
> at some regularity it could have been some wizards' worst fears.  

Neri:
Thanks Charme :-)

To clarify, I was referring to a theory that was recently suggested
here (I regret that I don't remember who it was and I didn't manage to
find the post). This theory pointed out in the "years of terror" in
VW1 the boggart of most wizards was probably Voldemort. According to
my slightly different version Arthur words "everyone's worst fear"
practically imply that during VW1 the boggart of most wizards would
take the form of the Dark Mark. 

The question is, does it lend a boggart more power if more wizards are
more afraid of it? We don't have much canon that this is so, but we do
see that Lupin's boggart doesn't affect him as the real full moon
does, while Harry's boggart for a time does affect Harry as a
dementor. So what happens to a boggart that many people fear very much
from? Does it become the real thing? Does it become very powerful? 

Only a speculation, of course, but it reminds me of Valky's theory
that Voldemort's power comes from wizards' fear to say his name.

The expressions "the worst fear" and "the worst memory" tantalizingly
repeat throughout the HP saga. Another example I forgot in my original
post: dementors make you live again your worst memory, and the OotP
pensive scene is (according to the chapter's name) "Snape's worst
memory". My gut feeling is that somehow all this must link together
and play a central role, but I fully admit I don't understand how.

Neri