"other ways of destroying a man . . ." / The Gleam

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 126077


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Chys Sage Lattes" <yami69hikari at y...> wrote:
> 
> *just jumping in*
> 
> Amiable Dorsai wrote:
> > A true victory for the forces of light would be to kill not just
> > Voldemort, but the *idea* of Voldemort.
> 
> 
> Didn't Harry try to do that a bit unknowingly to the DEs, when he was 
> in the DoMysteries (OoTP) holding the prophecy and talking to 
> LMalfoy, and he told them that Voldemort was a half-blood as well?
> 
> Yeah, and... I never understood why DD had a 'triumphant' look on his 
> face when HP told him that he was touched by LV in GoFbook.
> 
> 
> Chys *waves hi*

Antosha:

:waves back:

I'm looking forward to seeing the fallout of Harry's little dig about Tom's parentage in the 
DoM. When you look at the fact that the core of the DEs--the Malfoy/Black/Lestranges--
were rabid pureblood fanatics before they ever joined up with Tommy-boy, you have to 
know that it's going to drive a wedge of doubt deep into LV's loyal base. Add to that the 
fact that Tom let them all get rounded up and tossed in to Azkaban--many of them for 
the second time--and I think we're going to see a certain amount of grumbling from the 
ranks.

As for that triumphant gleam.... :shudders: That topic has been discussed at great length 
here in the year or so that I've been around, but I have to say that no one has ever 
proposed a good, canonical explanation. It's clear that DD knows--or thinks he knows--
something that Harry (and therefore the reader) don't. Deep thinkers have spun theories 
about there having been some sort of human remnant of Tom Riddle himself (placed in 
Harry when LV's Death Curse failed all those years ago) having been put back into the 
soulless LV. Others have theorized that DD is really a demonic, evil puppetmaster, plotting 
EVERYONE's demise, and this is the final link in the chain. (Not my favorite theory.) Others 
recently have theorized some sort of kinship between LV and Harry through their muggle 
sides--so that by taking in Evans blood, LV renders himself vulnerable again. There are 
many more... (And I apologize for mangling the theories above--they're infinitely more 
intriguing than I've managed to make them sound.)

Alas, I don't think we're going to know much more about that gleam until July 16....