Dobby redux

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No: HPFGUIDX 106258

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aggiepaddy" <aggie at r...> wrote:
> 
> But there is something that I want to get straight in my mind and I 
> do apologise for the ramblings of a newbie here as I'm sure it's been 
> discussed before, sometimes new eyes though do see new things. . .ok, 
> very rarely!!  ;o)
> 
> What was the whole point of opening the Chamber?  
>

Kneasy:
We don't really know, apart from spreading a reign of terror and possibly
getting DD sacked.
Just what  the revived Tom Riddle was intended to  achieve is still a
mystery. From what was said in the Chamber, Harry's death would
have been a bonus, or perhaps the next phase of the plan. The whole
point of the plot seems to have been the resurrection of Tom. 
There have been hints from herself that we'll learn more later about this.

Aggie: 
> If Harry wasn't at Hogwarts, if Dobby had said, 'Don't go' and he 
> didn't, what would have happened?  It appears that most (including 
> DD) believe that it was to discredit Arthur Weasley.  How would that 
> have worked?  If Ginny hadn't thrown the diary away and TR had 
> managed to drain her of her life force entirely, how would that have 
> discredited Arthur? 

Kneasy:
Headlines in the Daily Prophet: 
"Daughter of Ministry Employee Dies Using Dark Magic Artifact That
Unleashes Monster On Fellow Students."

Arthurs credibility would be shot - and he's a major DD supporter
in the Ministry.

Presumably Tom stays out of the limelight and doesn't claim any
of the credit. Why should he? Presumably he's not there to take
centre stage - he'll have other fish to fry, other dirty deeds to
perform.