[HPforGrownups] Re: Lucius & the diary

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 128966

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense - I haven't read
the books in a while - but here is a possible
interpretation:

Perhaps Lucius didn't know about the LV-TR connection.
Perhaps he even thought that Tom Riddle was a made-up
name. Even if Riddle was a bit of a Slytherin model
student, it is not likely that he would be famous, not
20 years after his time in school. After all, present
Gryffindor students wouldn't know much about James
Potter or Bill Weasley if they didn't happen to have
relatives of them as class mates.

What Lucius obviously knew was that the diary was full
of dark magic.  Perhaps he took it with him hoping he
would sell it on the Knockturn Alley (perhaps he
choose to visit the shop on that day since he was
taking Draco to buy his school supplies anyway, so he
didn't need to make the trip twice). Or perhaps he
meant to show the diary as a sample of what sort of
objects dodgy people could still find in his mansion,
in order to persuade them to pay him a visit.

Lucius already had a lot against Arthur, because of
his muggle-loving habits. After the fight, perhaps he
slipped the diary into Ginny's cauldron as an attempt
of revenge, hoping perhaps that if Ginny was found
with a dark magic object, Arthur would be discredited.
I am not sure Lucius knew the diary could help open
the CoS again. After all, when he found out about it
he told Draco to stay put - which seems a cautious, if
not scared, reaction. Perhaps Lucius started to guess
the diary had something to do with opening the CoS
only after strange things started to happen. And only
then did he start to think how he could use them to
his advantage, for instance by removing Dumbledore
from power.

Why would Dobby warn Harry that bad things were about
to happen, then? We know how much Draco hated Harry.
We know how he was even a bit obsessed with him. We
can imagine how Draco spent the whole of his summer
holiday badmouthing Harry and threatening to destroy
him. Perhaps Lucius, or more likely Narcissa, tried to
comfort him by promising to fight against 'bad Harry'.
Now, we know how Dobby had a miserable life, how all
house-elves took even worse abuse during Voldemort's
first reign. Dobby's only comfort, his hero, his idol,
was Harry, the boy who defeated the bad guys and thus
fought on the side of the opressed little creatures.
It is not unconceivable that after hearing all summer
anti-Harry things, even if they were empty threats,
Dobby started to grow anxious and decided to keep
Harry away from the people who wanted to harm him. We
know that house-elves can be quite naive at times,
believing what they are told even, especially by their
masters, even if it is not the truth.

This is one idea, and it seems to me that it fits with
the events. But I don't find unlikely that Lucius did
know who Voldermort really was, even his half-blood
status. Lucius is the kind of guy who would side with
anybody with the purpose of getting power. Perhaps
Lucius secretly hoped that once Voldemort would win,
he could reveal the half-blood secret, and thus turn
DE against Voldermort and replace him as the leader.
It doesn't seem to me that Lucius would care for his
relatives (Bellatrix for instance) enough to be honest
with them.

Just my 2 knuts.

ALuna

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