Voldemort's Fear of Dumbledore

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 107356

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Angie wrote:
> > I the general consensus is that LV feared DD, but I don't see 
this 
> > in his encounter with DD in OOP.  I can't imagine LV admitting 
any 
> > type of fear or weakness to anyone, so how do we know LV feared 
> > DD? I know Hermione stated this and I presume it is common 
> > knowledge, but again, the question is why. 
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Not getting into the "why" at this point, I'll simply reply to the 
> question of how we know that LV feared DD.  For me, it's more the 
> fact that *JKR* said it in her chapter title.  That carries a lot 
> more weight than Hermione's statement for me.
> 
> For what it's worth,
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Meri, nitpicking: 

Yes, but if we accept that then we have to believe that Snape's 
absolute worst memory despite his possible abusive childhood and 
years of serivce as a DE was when he was fifteen and humiliated by a 
pair of idiots in school. Now I was made fun of in high school, but 
not one of those instances rates as my worst memory. I think that the 
reason LV fears DD is because he knows deep in his heart (if he has 
one) that DD is always gonna be stronger than him because LV is 
afraid of dying and DD simply is not. (The scene referenced in the 
original post, in the MoM, always reminded me of the scene in Star 
Wars when Darth Vader and Ben Kenobi were dueling on the Death Star. 
Vader still feared his old master, despite his own strength, because 
Ben was not afraid to die and knew that he would become stronger if 
he was killed.) LV's real fear is fear of dying, and someone for whom 
that fear is nonexistent would surely be terrifying to LV because 
there is not much LV could do to them to frighten them. There are, 
however, probably multiple reasons for LV wanting to, and not yet, 
attacking the school, which is something that I foresee happening in 
the next book. I may have posted this before, but I see book six 
ending in a cliffhanger, with LV 
bursting...aparating...flying...whatever...into the school grounds 
and starting some serious shit before the book suddenly ends! ARHG!

Meri - who almost fears that the book will end with a chapter with 
some innocuous title (like "Heading for the Hogwarts Express") and 
then on the last page a massive explosion blows everything to 
hell...forcing us to wait three years before a resolution!