[HPforGrownups] Drinking the potion, sparing Lily and fearing DD was: Interrview quote re: Lily & Voldemort

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 145914

On 1/3/06, Jen Reese <stevejjen at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> ...snip...The potion in the cave was designed to kill
> someone but only after Voldemort learned why the person was drinking
> the potion & looking for the horcrux. I think Godric's Hollow could
> follow this type of thinking; I'm growing to like the idea he needed
> information from Lily.
>
> Although I still think it's possible there was a bit of concern or
> fear on his part related to killing Lily. There is canon Voldemort
> is capable of feeling this --how many times has Harry heard that
> Voldemort fears Dumbledore? And we don't know why. It could be
> related to Dumbledore's work on immortality, his power, how he
> defeated Grindelwald or a combination of the above. If Lily was also
> working on something related to immortality, or Voldemort assumed
> she was, perhaps he also had a twinge of fear about her? Just a
> thought.

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Kemper now:
A few thoughts...
I don't think the potion was designed for a future interrogation session
with Voldemort.  After drinking the potion, DD wanted water.  The water
available to anyone after drinking the potion seems to be from the Dark
Lake, which comes alive with the Dead (don't have the spelling for
Feraiandinfianti) once the water is breached.  The Dead were interested in
dragging Harry back into the water where he could possibly drown.
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That to me shows Voldemorts lack of desire for information about a possible
Horcruxnapper.  As far as Lily having information, I don't think so because
Voldemort could have used baby Harry's life or torture as a bargaining chip
(a false chip, but still...) in order to get said information.
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On a side note... Does anyone else think DD reacted rashly with regards to
the potion?  Why didn't DD save a vial of the potion to take back to
Hogwarts and have one of his two Potion Masters develop an antidote?  I
wonder if RAB took a vial to his old Potions Professor.  I wonder if that
professor went into hiding for the first time after learning of RAB's death
shortly after helping RAB with an antidote.
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Anyway...
My understanding of Voldemort's fear of Dumbledore stems from his first
meeting with Dumbledore in which he showed his evil and his weakness.
Voldemort doesn't have that advantage with DD.


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