Lucius & the diary (was: Voldemort's recruitment)

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No: HPFGUIDX 128875

SSSusan:
>>I think, for instance, that his CoS diary stunt was all
about trying to play for his own power and not at all about bringing
back Voldy.<<

Rebecca:
> That's curious. What do you think he could have been trying to do? 
> Just get rid of Dumbledore? If he did, and got Snape, or some 
> other "dark" person as the new Headmaster (of course he thinks 
> Snape is still on the DE side), he would have suceeded in taking 
> over Hogwarts, which is something Voldemort never even attempted. 


SSSusan:
Any number of possibilities have been suggested:  

*That he deliberately chose Ginny, trusting she'd get caught, and 
thus the Weasley family (read: Arthur) would be discredited, and 
Arthur's Muggle Protection Act proposal would fail.

*That he hoped Harry would be either killed or implicated & expelled.

*That he wanted to wreak havoc & get a few "Mudbloods" killed.

*That he hoped said havoc would get DD discredited and kicked out as 
headmaster, leaving the position open *either* for himself or for 
someone he'd hand-pick.  

*Even, if one assumes that Lucius did understand the possibility that 
Tom Riddle could return, that Lucius thought it would be better to 
have a young, more-potentially-controllable Tom around whom he could 
mold and manipulate and *use* in his own rise to power.

Any of these strike your fancy? :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan