Crouch!Moody and the Goblet of Fire -- why so complicated?

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157372


> > 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:
> 
> ###
> 
> "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!"
> 
> ###

Eddie:
Wow, that was amazingly on point.  Stupified by canon again.

Thank you, I'm convinced.

Eddie