LV as Blofeld/Dr Evil?

[nymphadora1]

No: HPFGUIDX 92688

      After listening to Goblet of Fire for the nth time, something struck me as 
rather odd. After having Harry tied to the gravestone to bleed him, and then 
being resurrected, why did Voldie free him and give him his wand back so he 
could duel with him? This strikes me as being totally out of character for 
you-know-who. He's tried to kill Harry three times, once as a baby when he 
should have been totally defenseless, and failed. Why would LV give Harry 
the opportunity to fight back? What a berk!
        It reminds me of the scenes in every James Bond movie (much parodied 
by Austin Powers), where the bad guy has the opportunity to just shoot Bond 
in the head and have done with it, but instead puts him in a ridiculously 
convoluted situation to kill him. Inevitably Bond escapes and comes back to 
kill the bad guy. (I guess Voldie never went to the movies much or he would 
know this.) Is LV going soft in his old age? Why didn't he just AK him when he 
was still tied to the gravestone? I know that would have meant the end of the 
books, so JKR had to get Harry out of the situation somehow, but surely she 
could have thought of something in keeping with LV's character (i.e. totally 
ruthless and cold-blooded. Hmmm, cold-blooded like a snake, whereas Harry 
is warm-blooded, interesting) unless him giving Harry a chance is an 
important plot point, which obviously I think it is!
         Maybe its something to do with being resurrected using Harry's blood: 
Harry's sense of fairness could be part of him now. I suspect this is what will 
ultimately destroy the Dark Lord, after all, would not Harry's blood count as 
being part of Harry? This would fit the prophecy without Harry having to 
actually kill him, which always struck me as being an awkward thing for Harry 
to have to do without using the AK curse. 
Nymph (who would love to see Harry Potter and Austin Powers team up to rid 
the world of evil).