Blood Protection

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 159139

Random832 wrote:
> 
> Except Lucius doesn't operate that way - it's safer for him to let
> Voldemort stay dead, and let his DE past stay in the past. There's a
> reason he never looked for him. (and the theories that he's
> responsible for putting Bellatrix safely in prison where _she_
> couldn't look for him sound pretty good). It's quite probable IMO
that if he had any idea that the diary held a significant chance of
causing V's return, he'd have left it alone. There's no evidence in
the books that Lucius "hopes" (rather than fears) that Voldemort will
come back.
> 
> Lynda:
> 
> Of course its safer for him to let Voldemort stay dead. And you're
right, my theory is 'my' theory, but I still speculate on this.  It
simply makes sense to me.  No.  Lucius did not expect Voldie's return,
but I'm sure that once the evidence started building he began to put
two and two together.  He certainly didn't waste any time showing up
at the graveyard on GoF or raising his son to have a healthy "respect"
for not only the dark arts but Voldemort actions and memory.
> 
Carol responds:
I don't think we know exactly what is in Lucius's mind when he plants
the diary. To some extent, I agree with Lynda that Lucius is to some
degree a true Voldemort supporter, which does not mean that he isn't
also out for himself. I don't think that the quick return to the
graveyard proves anything beyond fear of retribution, but at least he
didn't stay away like Snape or flee like Karkaroff, which suggests
that he's resigned to supporting Voldemort now that he's returned. He
certainly does his best to retrieve the Prophecy and keep the DEs
under control at the DoM. Voldemort's wrath to the contrary, it's not
Lucius's fault that the Prophecy orb gets broken (or that the Order
and Dumbledore arrived to fight them, which is, of course, Snape's
doing). And there's no question that the whole Malfoy family hates
Muggles, Muggleborns, and "Mudblood lovers," the pureblood ethic that
Voldemort supposedly espouses, or that Draco has been taught to
believe that Voldemort will triumph and that it's wise to be on his side. 

As for the Chamber of Secrets, we do know that he's getting rid of
incriminating Dark artifacts, which explains the timing, and we know
that he wants to frame the Weasleys and get Dumbledore in trouble, but
we also know who gave him the diary in the first place and told him
what it would do (setting aside the Horcrux part). IMO, Lucius *wants*
Muggleborns to die, and not only to get rid of Dumbledore. After all,
he'd prefer that his son went to Durmstrang, where Muggleborns aren't
allowed (and students are taught the Dark Arts). Lucius *must* know
who opened the Chamber of Secrets last time, and he knows that Riddle
was/is a Parseltongue, which suggests that the monster in the Chamber
is a Basilisk. So Lucius would be, in his own mind, doing the Dark
Lord's work, doing the will of his "dead" master, just as Tom was
continuing Salazar Slytherin's "noble work."

Had he known that his master was alive, or that the diary was a
Horcrux, he would have acted differently, but I think he was trying to
act as a loyal follower of a Dark Lord he thought was dead or
permanently defeated as well as following his own agenda. And when it
comes to killing "Mudbloods" or getting them out of Hogwarts, those
agendas overlap.

Carol, who thinks that Voldemort's intended retribution against Lucius
will backfire and that Snape will fan the flames of his friend's
resentment against the Dark Lord