Cedric and Pettigrew (was Re: Faking Sirius' Death)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 91849


> > Now confusinglyso (Phil)
> > The catch is, is LV telling the truth ?

Naama:
> As to believing Voldemort - my approach is that both DD's end 
of year  speeches, and Voldermot's graveyard speech must be 
accepted as  completely truthful. <<

JKR has told us herself that Voldemort sometimes lies in his 
villain-tells-all speeches:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/100
0-livechat-barnesnoble.html

Q> In Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid is supposed to have raised 
werewolf cubs under his bed. Are these the same kind of 
werewolves as Professor Lupin?

A> No. Riddle was telling lies about Hagrid, just slandering him. 

Not only a lie, but a lie about a *werewolf*. So I am afraid that we 
have to take Voldemort's words with a liberal helping of salt. 
Notice that the true reveal-all speech in GoF is Barty Crouch's, 
with his veracity assured by Veritaserum.

I do like Kneasy's idea of a souped-up AK, one that is, say, 
harder to dodge but more likely to cause collateral damage if it 
misses. Voldemort wouldn't want to use it in the graveyard or the 
Ministry for risk of damaging his followers or Bella if he missed. 

Pippin