Voldemort - 2 bodies?

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 176038

> zanooda
> but I think more people than just DD's confidants 
> (and name at least one, BTW :-))

Mike:
LOL! You got me there. <bg>


> zanooda
> Remember the Lestranges/Crouch trial? Crouch Sr. says they believed 
> Longbottoms knew "the present whereabouts" of their "exiled master" 
> and were planning to restore him to power. No one in the courtroom 
> said: "What do you mean, exiled? He is dead and buried!" 

Mike:
I believe the key phrase was **they believed**. Crouch later said 
that they had a "plan". When I read that scene, I note the vile 
disgust coming from Crouch and the rest of the Wizengamut (sp?). I 
sensed it wasn't just the despicable acts of torture, but that Bella 
and Co.'s whole effort was a futile gesture. That there was no reason 
to do it, that Voldemort wasn't "coming back" and that they tortured 
the Longbottoms for nothing. 

I thought there wasn't any questions like "What do you mean, 
exiled?", because it was assumed that that was Bella and Co.'s 
delusional belief, not something that a sane wizard would think a 
reasonable conviction. 


> zanooda
> In GoF LV informs his DEs that he was in hiding because he "knew  
> that the Aurors were still abroad and searching for me". 
> <snip>

Mike:
I actually took this as more VoldeBluster. The grand delusionalist 
himself, believing that he was *so important* that no way would 
people not be "out there" looking for him. Well hogwash, besides the 
nutcase Bellatrix, none of his DEs seemed to give damn about finding 
him. 

As for the Aurors - I think Magical Law Enforcement was perfectly 
content for Voldedolt to stay wherever it was he was staying, as long 
as it wasn't in Britain and as long as he was impotent. I saw no 
indication in the story that MLE was out to get him. I don't have my 
books, but didn't Fudge tell us that Sirius was suppose to be the No. 
2 guy and that they were concerned that he would take over now that 
Voldebutt was caput? In short, I think the GoF speech was filled with 
much self-aggrandizement, and this claim about being hunted was one 
of them.

But I do agree with you, zanooda, there were more than DD's "inner 
circle" that figured Voldesnot wasn't finished. I think my earlier 
estimate was too small.

Mike, with a wink and a nod at zanooda's knowledge of canon, I know 
that you know it back and forth :D