LV's Irrational Behavior (was: Re: LV as Blofeld/Dr Evil?)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 92760


Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 8:55:59 PM, suehpfan wrote:

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

But what makes it even more perplexing for me is that Voldie's
behavior is the exact opposite in the MoM in _OoP_, i.e. he
immediately tries to kill Harry, on the grounds that "You have irked
me too often for too long", without thinking twice.  I mean, wasn't
the whole point of this whole exercise (of luring Harry to the Dept.
of Mysteries to get the Prophesy) that he now *knows* there is
something "weird" about Harry, and Lord Thingy is determined to find
out what it is before he makes any more blind attempts to kill him?
But then Voldie shows up "in poisson" to finish him off, *still* not
knowing what the Prophecy says, and whether this latest attempt
to kill him will also fail.  It's as though he just suddenly slapped
his forehead and said to himself, "Oh, what am I thinking?  There's
nothing special about Harry Potter, and I've wasted a year obsessing
over a dumb, meaningless prophecy.  Silly me!  Well, better get off
my little tooshie and finally terminate that annoying kid..."

Is it me, or does something not make sense here...?

-- 
Dave