Voldemort in the open? (Was: Snape thinks Lucius was under Imperio)

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 101594

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> That would actually be a better scenario, because in OotP we've 
> already seen ONE breakout from Azkaban.  To do it all over again 
> would be a bit repetitious, whereas capturing it (maybe with an 
army 
> of Dementors) would be fresh and interesting.  It would also 
change 
> Voldemort from a skulking menace, perpetually in hiding, and bring 
> him out in the open.  Perhaps we'd get more of a sense of threat 
if 
> he wasn't so confined and limited.  

GEO: How do we know that he hasn't already gotten a secure 
headquarters. So far we've heard nothing of his previous hq in the 
last war. Perhaps he's gone back to using it.

> My biggest problem with 
> Voldemort is not believing in how evil he is, it's that he seems 
so 
> small, with his tiny band of supporters.  He needs a credible 
power 
> base.  

GEO: He already has his remaining DEs and an army of the remaining 
giants and dementors so he seems to be a pretty potent force. If 
Rowling remains consistent then I'm guessing that we'll be seeing 
those who will be allying out of fear soon in Book VI.

> Just having everyone refuse to talk about him or 
> believe that there is a problem doesn't make for compelling drama, 
> and now that that situation has been resolved (with the turnaround 
> of Fudge and the editorials in the Daily Prophet at the end of 
OotP) 
> I want to see a genuine threat emerge.

GEO: I do believe Rowling was trying to play on the WW2 parallels 
with Fudge in the position of Chamberlain as the one who'd refuse to 
acknowledge the threat of Hitler and Germany.