Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Tom Riddle?

[Katie]

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So, in response to another post discussing DD's and LV's intelligence 
and/or lack thereof...a question arose in my mind...

Are any of us really that scared or intimdated by Voldemort?

Personally, I find JKR's side villains much more frightening, capable, 
intelligent, and interesting. Next to Diary Riddle (who was quite 
evil), Barty Crouch, Umbridge, Bella Lestrange, and hell, even 
Wormtail...Voldemort just seems rather bumbling and procrastinating. I 
mean, damn, he could have killed Harry outright so many times. It's 
almost like he didn't really want to. 

I mean, by DH, I was really wondering what was so scary about this 
dude. He can't really do much without all his minions carrying out his 
orders, and it seems pretty easy to thwart them. 

So, anyone else find him scary? Or even threatening? Katie