[HPforGrownups] Questions for the listmind

[dracojadon at yahoo.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 168643

On 13 May 2007, at 15:15, Eric Oppen wrote:

> Rereading the books, yet again, I find myself coming up with some
> questions
> that I don't think we've covered yet.
>
> First off---if LV was so bl**dy hot to see and hear that stupid
> prophecy,
> why didn't he have Lucius Malfoy, or some other DE supporter let
> him in some
> night, possibly after Polyjuicing himself into another's form?
> "Oh, I just
> have a few friends who want to see the place, Minister, we'll drop
> off the
> keys when we're done."
<snip>

Harry: Why couldn't he come and get it himself?"
"Get it himself?" shrieked Bellatrix, over a cackle of mad laughter.
The Dark Lord, walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly
ignoring his return? The Dark Lord, reveal himself to the Aurors,
when at the
moment they are wasting their time on my dear cousin?"
--OotP

Either: Voldy trusts DD and the order to be guarding the prophecy if
not the Ministry-controlled aurors (though that would necessitate him
assuming that Harry was able to outwit DD to get into the DoM which
would mean Voldy thinks Harry is cleverer than both himself and DD,
which ... isn't his style.)
Or: he likes playing with Harry (obsessive nature, collecting things,
etc., etc.) - but this is the first time he has a *short*
conversation with Harry before trying AK - just fortunately not short
enough. That brings us to another question: _why_ is he using AK?
Yes, we know Harry's not going to be able to resist it twice, but we
don't know what it's going to do to Voldemort. He's the Dark Lord!
Doesn't he have few alternative death spells up his sleeve? Hasn't he
thought of a nice low-tech spell like sectumsempra and having the
conversation afterwards?

Jadon