[HPforGrownups] Re: Crouch!Moody and the Goblet of Fire -- why so complicated?

[jlcaron at gmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 157367

> Eddie said:
> "But... although my example was wrong, I'm still not persuaded by
> _canon_ that Voldemort particularly cares whether anybody knows   > he's back or not. Any canonical evidence?"


Jaime:

Well, we know from Order of the Phoenix that he didn't want
Dumbledore to know, as per this exchange when Harry first arrives at the Order:

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"How come he's stopped killing people?" Harry asked. He knew
Voldemort had murdered more than once in the last year alone.

"Because he doesn't want to draw attention to himself," said
Sirius. "It would be dangerous for him. His comeback didn't come off quite the way he wanted it to, you see. He messed it up."

"Or rather, you messed it up for him," said Lupin, with a satisfied
smile.

"How?" Harry asked, perplexed.

"You weren't supposed to survive!" said Sirius. "Nobody apart from
his Death Eaters was supposed to know he'd come back. But you survived to bear witness."

"And the very last person he wanted alerted to his return the moment he got back was Dumbledore," said Lupin. "And you made sure Dumbledore knew at once."

"How has that helped?" Harry asked.

"Are you kidding?" said Bill incredulously. "Dumbledore was the
only one You-Know-Who was ever scared of!"

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So the Order believes Voldemort didn't want Dumbledore to know. Is
that how Voldemort truly felt? Is he really as afraid of DD as
everyone thinks he is? Does he predict that if he makes his return
quietly DD will be slandered in the way he was by the MoM or was that just a bonus? If Voldemort is really trying to make a quiet theft from the DoM, it would be easier without the whole wizarding world on red alert that the Big Bad has returned.

Jaime