Suggestions please: Mysteries

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No: HPFGUIDX 121982


"Jim Flanagan" <jamesf at a...> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>  Why was it necessary to have such an elaborate plot to transport 
>> Harry to Voldemort in GoF?  It took nearly the whole school year, 
>> and  there were many opportunities for a slip-up along the way.  
>  Couldn't the ersatz Moody have kidnaped him by force, or slipped 
him 
>> a  disguised portkey in a much easier, and more certain, way?

Oh, there were probably lots and lots of ways that LV could have 
taken Harry.  But LV wanted to stick it to Dumbledore in a big way.  
He wanted to be able to say, "I took your little golden child right 
out from under your nose and you couldn't do a thing about it."  I 
actually was immensely proud of JKR for this whole plotline because 
it's EXACTLY what I would expect from LV.  Even the cliche scene 
where he hands Harry back his wand to fight it out rather than just 
frying him on the spot (what IS it with evil dudes?) is actually 
quite in character for LV because he wanted to show his useless DEs 
that he still had "it".  I hope he has lots and lots of other plots 
going at the same time because one of my greatest fears for the 
series is that LV loses it and becomes a lame bad guy in the end.  I 
just hate it when the bad guys are brilliant through a series or a 
book and then do something utterly stupid and/or out of character in 
the end in order that he be defeated.

Nicky Joe