JRK is right! Give Voldemort respect..

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinellii at y...> wrote:
>  Erin:
> Well, in that case, what is JKR doing having practically everyone in 
> the books calling him by name, having Dumbledore call him "Tom", and 
> having Fudge refer to him as "Lord Thingy"?  Why is he creeping 
> around for an entire year trying not to get noticed, then blowing his 
> cover, cowering in front of DD, losing the prophecy, and getting 
> nearly all his DE's captured?  He is weak at this point! He's 
> weakened himself!  
> 
> IMO, if Voldy doesn't get a lot stronger in the next two books, 
> Harry's victory *will* be diminished, and it won't be because of 
> anything the fans have done.

imamommy:

What else would DD call him?  After all, he had LV as a student once.
 How else would we have him address him?  When DD talks about LV, he
calls him Voldemort.  

Have you ever had the experience of watching a kid that you babysat,
or taught in Sunday School, or whatever, turn form a promising,
intelligent kid into a menace to society?  I think there is something
sad for DD in LV's choices.  

As for other people, JKR repeatedly makes the point of trying to get
people over the cowardice of the name.  IMO, she does this not to
diminish the power LV has, but to increase the courage and support
those who will fight him have.  She wants to decrease the fear (for
her characters), but not the threat itself. 

Lord Thingy (which I do happen to like) appears to me to be a
Fudgeism.  Nobody else calls him that besides our bumbling, blustered,
flustered MoM.  

I agree with those who say Voldie is not meant to be cute, but more to
take the mickey out of him.  Whenever I use it, I actually think to
myself  "Moldie Voldie".  And I laugh at him.  Maybe she misunderstood
her fans, maybe we are misunderstanding her, I don't know, but I bet
she'll think it's hilarious that we are spending all this time talking
about it.  

You are right about him being weak.  I think his weakness has a
purpose.  I think he risked everything for a chance to kill Harry
Potter.  Yeah, he blew it, just like his rebirthing party, because
Harry is drawing him into the open.  But what if he had been
successful?  He could have taken over the ministry that same morning.  

imamommy