MarioMort and the *real* villian, who is still out there

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 93884

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jojobinks1983" 
<jojobinks1983 at y...> wrote:
> To me so far Voldemort hasn't been the most convincing of evil bad 
> guys. <snip> However, what if Voldemort isn't the ultimate bad guy 
in this tale? I 
> think he could merely be a pawn played by an even more evil 
overlord 
> (cue Slytherin) just as the DE are to him. <snip> > 
> Jo, who really wants Voldemort to get down with his evil side. Post 
> haste.

I agree that Voldemore seems too outlandish, what with his alabastor 
skin and scarlet eyes and whirling cape, to be much more than a front 
for the *real* bad guy. It really seems like someone is using LV as a 
straw man. 

There was a thread posted a couple months ago (If LV is the monkey, 
who is grinding the organ?) that had a couple good possibilities in 
it. It began on #85382. Here's a quick recap and some more terrible 
thoughts to chew on before JKR finishes Book 6. (I can't *believe* 
she's still writing the first draft, as she alluded to in her World 
Book Day chat. As Madelaine L'Engle said when she gave writing 
advice: "Don't think! Write!" Geez! It's been 14 mos since she turned 
in OOTP! Surely the first draft should be done.) 

Dumbledore: He created Tom Riddle, and he created Harry, in a new 
interp of *Frankenstein*.  DD gave Harry to the Dursleys in the 
beginning of SS/PS, knowing that he would be abused (see DD's 
comments in SS/PS when he's sitting outside with McGonagall, and that 
whole list of adverbs about Petunia's reaction in OOTP, "furiously, 
bitterly, etc., to describe how she took HP in), to attempt to 
recapitulate Tom Riddle's upbringing in a *Boys from Brazil* kinda 
way. DD gives Harry just enough information so that he screws up and 
LV returns to his full powers. The "glimmer of triumph" at the end of 
GoF was too scary. The Bumblebee also stings!

Fudge: The fumbling is a cover.

Hermione: With a really big time-turner and some gender bending, who 
would suspect our sweet little Hermy is the baddest one of all? 

Harry Himself: Ditto with the time-turner. I've considered before 
that the deep emotional and physical abuse (including being locked in 
a closet, repeated beatings, denigration, and starvation) that Harry 
suffers at the Dursleys' could lead to sociopathic behavior and 
multiple personality disorder. Harry's Evil Side incarnates itself as 
LV. This makes the books a parable for Original Sin. Also explains 
the twin wands thing. 

Malfoy: Wants to destroy the MoM and set himself up as Wizard 
Emporer, but wants total deniability in case it doesn't work, so he 
uses a straw man. 

Lupin: Everyone hates the werewolf, so Remus gives them something to 
hate. This is the wolf that didn't bark in the night. 

In general, though, I agree that LV has been piddling around too long 
with getting himself corporal again, and hasn't spent nearly enough 
time killing people and destroying property. How are we supposed to 
respect a guy who wants to take over the world unless he tries to do 
it?  

TK -- Tigerpatronus -- who is back after a brief hiatus to solve the 
mysteries of the brain and cognition.