LV in the MoM (Was re: ESE!Fudge)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113429

> Colin wrote:
> <<This has been bothering me, given as Bella mentions, that for 
Voldy to turn up at the Ministry would alert the world to his 
return, why does he turn up after the fight when nothing can be done 
to save prophecy which he has spent 6 months encouraging Harry to 
come get?>>

Hannah originally:
> > He would have monitored such an important operation closely.  
When he sees that the DE's have made such a hash of it, he decides 
to turn up himself and salvage what he can.  
> 
Phyllis wrote:
> I agree that Voldy turned up at the fight because things weren't 
> going according to plan - Harry and his friends were fighting 
back, and he probably sensed that there was a danger the prophecy 
might be destroyed in the process (after all, a lot of other orbs 
had already been shattered in the DA's counterattack).
What I don't understand is why Voldy not only proceeds to try to hit 
>Harry with an AK, but also possesses Harry.  Voldy has spent all of 
> this time trying to obtain the prophecy so he can hear what it 
says in order to have his next attack on Harry succeed.  Granted, he 
now knows the prophecy has been destroyed, but has he no back-up 
plan?? 
He just recklessly AKs and possesses Harry without a single clue as 
> to what the potential ramifications are.  Voldy is definitely 
*not* a master strategist in this scene.

Hannah now: I agree, Phyllis, for someone who managed to terrorise 
the WW so successfully for years, supposedly very clever, LV really 
does behave like a comic book villain here!

I suppose he thought his plan was fail proof.  He reckoned without 
Harry turning up with five friends who were willing to risk their 
necks to save him, without the real Sirius and the rest of the Order 
finding out what was happening and turning up in the nick of time, 
and without DD himself arriving.  Once again, it is LV's arrogance 
that let him down.  He was so convinced that Potter didn't stand a 
chance against a group of DE's that he didn't plan out (as far as we 
can see) what he would do if they failed.  

I also really liked the point you made in the post about why LV 
didn't just apparate in and get the prophecy.  I can't see what 
would have stopped him - just that it would have made a short story 
I suppose!  I guess we have to imagine that there was some sort of 
enchantment in place to stop him doing it.  And the absence of the 
prophecy could have given him away, especially as it would be easy 
to prove that Harry hadn't taken it.
Hannah