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

[colbernays]

No: HPFGUIDX 113672

> SSSusan:
> Good question.  I'm not sure!  If we'd had the dueling 
> club/parseltongue scene in SS/PS rather than CoS, I think I could 
> make an argument for thinking Harry would be blamed, but....  One 
> point, though, is that while he is not Muggleborn, Harry is also NOT 
> a pureblood, and so might be targeted.  Or perhaps the goal WAS to 
> kill some "mudbloods," get DD ousted, and THEN attack Harry, and 
> that's what Dobby knew?
>  

Perhaps Malfoy tricked Dobby, consider how Crouch!Moody manipulated
other people to help Harry all the way through GoF and specifically
Dobby with the gillyweed. Maybe Malfoy thinks 'this Potter kid is a
bad risk, he stopped Voldemort when he was a baby, and again just now.
He could be a real thorn in my side to oust DD (or whatever his plan
was). I know I'll trick that stupid houseelve of mine into stopping
Harry going to Hogwarts.'
And so Malfoy stages a conversation in front of Dobby and Dobby goes
to Privet Dr and platform 9 3/4 to stop Harry.


> SSSusan:
> The fact that Lucius HADN'T talked to Voldy 'til the graveyard is a 
> big part of my argument.  It would have been Lucius's first 
> opportunity to protest about how much he'd done on Voldy's 
> behalf...but he doesn't.  And I'm also not sure that the failure 
> was "spectacular."  The plan actually came amazingly close to 
> success:  DD was out of the way; McGonagall was ready to close the 
> school; people were blaming Harry; Ginny was almost dead and Diary!
> Tom was almost "real."  I'd call it a near-miss, not a spectacular 
> failure.  (Of course, *any* failure by a DE is likely 
> considered "spectacular" to Voldy--look at him blaming Bella for the 
> broken prophecy orb.)
> 

Don't forget Voldy has had many spectacular failures of his own:
1: Tries to kill a baby, ends up as Vapor!Mort
2: Tries to get a stone out of a mirror, gets beat by kid again, now 11.
3: Tries to get a basilisk to kill now 12yo kid, goes 'oh I forgot
about phoenix tears healing power' (I know it's not technically
Voldemort who does this but it's the same arrogant persona.)
4: Spends a year organising to get Harry alone, and restore self to
full power, and succeeds.
Then summons former followers to show how great he is, and demonstrate
 that the brat kid is no match for him now, that events of GH were a
fluke, and what happens?
a) He can't even Imperio Harry thanks to his one 'loyal' servant
b) He then tries to AK Harry, the same curse that backfired 13 years
ago! That's a smart move! Voldy's lucky the Priori Incantatum thing
happend or he may have ended up a wasp of vapor again, great way to
impress his disillusioned followers!
c) Instead of a subtle return to power, his greatest threat,
Dumbledore now knows he's back.
5: Manages to do one thing of right of getting Bella etc. out of
Azkaban, but spends 12 months hiding from WW, trying to get a prophecy
so he can *maybe* find out how to get rid of the continually
underestimated Harry, and that went bellyup big time. All but one of
his followers captured (that were involved), not really Voldy's fault,
but he then turns up himself to try and save the day and does so just
in time to get recognised by the Minister of Magic and many others who
were so happily denying his existence.

So all up we have 2 jobs done right for the Dark Lord and 5 major
SNAFU's. If I were a death eater right now I'd be considering turning
in my membership.

Colin