With enemies like these.....

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 116603


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kmcbears1" 
> <karen.e.mcconnell at l...> wrote:
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> snip.
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> > I like the idea put forth in a previous thread that the 
> name "Death 
> > Eater" means something.  
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I always wondered how "Death Eaters" eat death exactly. Did 
> Voldemort somehow use all his followers in his experiments with 
> immortality? Is that what still attracts Lucius and Co?

imamommy:

I see different reasons for different DE's.  Wormtail has nowhere 
else to go.  Barty Crouch, Jr. and Bellatrix seem to be 
zealots/cultists.  Crabbe and Goyle are a lot like their sons:  
whatever Malfoy says.  

But whay Lucius?  Maybe name recognition.  Lucius is much like the 
dementors in that he would have a lot more scope for his pleasures if 
Voldemort were running the show.  And even if we know Voldemort to be 
somewhat weaker than he was, most of the WW still can't bear the 
sound of his name.  Voldy did a good job with PR; his name inflicts 
terror and his mark inspires panic.  It seems like prior to VM's 
untimely downfall, things were not going well for the OoP.  Lucius 
may think it's only a matter of time before they are able to regain 
control.  

If anything, I think Lucius's age and status have given him a false 
sense of security to add to his already cocky nature; I am sure he 
didn't anticipate HP getting out of the MoM alive.  Perhaps his 
vacation in Azkaban will have knocked him down a peg or two, but now 
that he's been revealed, he won't have anywhere else to go, either.  

My two knuts
imamommy