Why are wizards so incompetent? /Evil Overlords/ Some LOTR

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 140467

> Pippin:
> You're asking why Jo didn't make Voldie a grounded, reality-based
> evil overlord?  Have you ever heard of a grounded, reality-based
> person who *wanted*  to be  an evil overlord? Of course not! There
> are very dangerous men in the world, to be sure, but unlimited 
> ambition cannot possibly coexist with a realistic grasp of one's 
> limitations. 

Alla:

I beg to differ, Pippin. Of course I am not asking for reality based 
Evil Overlord. That indeed would be asking too much. :-)

What I AM asking for though is smarter, scarier, more Evil Evil 
Overlord and I don't think this is out of realm of possibility at 
all. JMO of course.

The obvious example to me would be LOTR. Now, I would be  the first 
one to argue against unlimited comparisons between books. As I said 
in the thread on OTC I believe in some areas ( namely character 
development) JKR is better than Tolkien, but  when we talk about 
Evil, Tolkien's Evil is truly evil. I am scared every time I read 
about The One. Not because  the character himself is scary, but 
because I don't get a definite sense that the evil would be defeated.

Oh, and Saruman, talk about great villain, IMO.

Voldie, on the other hand, I said it before, but let me say it again -
-  does not even come close.

The obvious example would be of course Graveyard. to my mind  there 
is no justification of him not killing Harry right away. Zero, none

This is especially lauhable in retrospect, IMO. He knows  the 
prophecy and instead of doing  the killing right away, he starts 
talking  to his DE about how truly scary he is? HAHA!

I will be the first one to say that the situation improved a bit in 
HBP,since Tom Riddle shows some promise in the scarines and evilness 
department, but still not enough to my liking.

Although if JKR will fulfill my second greatest wish  about the 
ending  and will leave Snape to be the villain, then I will take all 
of it back, of course.

Talk about multifaceted villain. That would be fantastic, IMO.


Pippin:
> And Harry has acted like an idiot, in fact I'm pretty certain
> he's acting like an idiot now. 

Alla:

LOL! I agree with the first part of your sentence and  definitely 
disagree with the second one.

I think Harry is acting quite smart right now.

JMO,

Alla.