Canon for OFH!Lucius

[wynnleaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 160873

pippin
> My goodness where to start...
> 
> After VW1, He pleaded that he was under the Imperius curse, 
dissociating 
> himself from his own sister-in-law who proudly went to Azkaban for 
Voldie.  
> He later used Voldemort's precious Diary in a scheme of his own, 
in the 
> course of which he secretly threatened to curse the families of 
his fellow 
> members of the Board of Governors unless they backed the ouster of 
> Dumbledore.  He backed Fudge with gold  while secretly returning 
to his 
> DE activities, and of course Voldemort himself labels him 'my 
slippery friend' 
> for using his Death Eater connections to organize a pleasant 
evening of
> Muggle-baiting instead of seeking the return of his Master.
> 

wynnleaf
It always seemed strange to me that Lucius would be in favor of 
Voldemort's return.  After all, Lucius has money and power and was 
doing just fine.  Now with Voldemort back (even before the end of 
OOTP), he suddenly had to act at the whim of Voldemort who obviously 
cares a lot more for his own agenda than being of benefit to Lucius.

Why would Lucius *want* to risk his life and liberty for the sake of 
a prophecy about Harry and Voldemort?  What really did he stand to 
gain?

I tend to think Lucius felt that once Voldemort returned he *had* to 
continue to support him or risk his life, in the same way that 
anyone (Karkarov and Regulas) that tries to leave Voldemort risks 
his life.  I think he probably considered it less of a risk to keep 
following Voldemort than to try to escape him.

So now he's in prison, he and Narcissa's lives have been threatened, 
as well as Draco's (sort of), and Draco was more-or-less forced to 
get into this mission of killing Dumbledore.  

I'm really hoping JKR brings Lucius back in Book 7.  I think he 
makes an excellent villian and I'd love to see what he'd do if he 
had his freedom again.  I do indeed think he's out for himself, and 
I hope we get to see what he does next.

wynnleaf