Lucius, Dobby and side #3 was:Lucius Malfoy's Ambition

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 126779


Thursday:
> If the diary maneuver had been sucessful, would there be *two* dark
> lords running about? There wasn't any sign of the disembodied,
> older version in the Chamber waiting to occupy the newly restored
> young body. Newly restored young body appeared to be occupied
> already. Would the two versions work together? or compete for
> control of the DEs? How different might things have been in the
> later adventures if the younger version had survived and dominated?


SSSusan:
I have seen it proposed by those who believe Lucius *was* actually
attempting to bring Riddle back to life [not a view I espouse, btw]
that the ultimate hope for slippery, power-hungry, manipulative Lucius
was precisely to bring *Riddle* back, as opposed to helping Voldemort
return. The thought is that this might allow for a young man who's
more *controllable* and *manipulatable* [wd?] than the grown 
Voldemort, and, thus, Lucius might be able to rein Riddle in while 
still utilizing his skills, and in the end he (LM) would be the one 
to gain the power and be in control.

vmonte now:

Or then again, Thursday may have a point here. Lucius could've been 
thinking that the diary just might kill two birds with one stone.  
Maybe he was hoping that Diary Tom and Voldemort would wipe each 
other out (as well as wiping out Harry), and leave the playing field 
open for his own rise. 

Vivian