Malfoy Sr's Intent with TMR's Diary (CoS)

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 113663


> SSSusan wrote:
> And I agree with you that we can't rule out the motive of 
>restoring Voldy.  *But* "LV's not knowing about it in GoF" really 
>*isn't* my argument.  It's not that Voldy doesn't KNOW; it's that 
>Lucius doesn't use that first chance to MAKE SURE he knows.  "But, 
>Master!  Let me tell you how hard I worked 2 years ago to bring you 
>back!"  Nope.  He doesn't breath a word.  It *could* be because he 
>knows the attempt was a failure.  *I* think it's simply more likely 
>that it's because his goal wasn't to bring Voldy back.


Mandy here:
Or perhaps Lucius chose not to play his full hand in the GOF 
graveyard?  LV comes back pissed, Lucius knows he's in trouble but 
also is arrogantly confident in his current status as political 
heavyweight in the WW. Lucius knows LV would be stupid to outright 
kill him.  But then again Lucius also knows LV is a monomaniacal, 
evil overlord. Who can be certain what Voldemort is going to do when 
he's angry?  So Lucius keeps the Diary incident quiet, choosing to 
keep it in reserve until he really needs it.  

Personally I think Lucius's goal with the diary was to bring back a 
young version of LV that Lucius believed he could control and use. 
This would not be something Malfoy would not want LV finding out. 
And so I think Lucius would prudently keep the whole Diary incident 
as quite as possible and only bring it up when Malfoy could spin it 
into the best possible outcome to suit Lucius Malfoy.

Cheers Mandy