LV as Blofeld/Dr Evil?

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 92710

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nymphadora1" 
<nymphadora1 at y...> wrote:
>       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!

snip of James Bond references

> Nymph (who would love to see Harry Potter and Austin Powers team up 
to rid 
> the world of evil).

IIRC (I do not have my book with me) Voldemort wanted to prove there 
was nothing special about Harry.  He even take the time to "play" 
with him, just to make his point.  It is not until Harry throws off 
the Imperius Curse that Voldemort realizes he better get to it and 
starts Crucioing him.  

Voldemort, like many egomaniacal villains, never gives a second 
thought to the idea that there really may be something "special" 
about Harry until he has humiliated himself and Harry has gotten away.

I think Austin Powers could make a great DADA professor, book six 
perhaps?
Sue