CHAPTER DISCUSSION: DH - Chapter Twenty-One - The Tale of th

[Goddlefrood]

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> Jerri:

> I may be alone in this, but I feel great sympathy with 
> Xenophilius. His only daughter is a hostage, who knows 
> where with who knows what being done to her.  
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Goddlefrood:

I also felt a good deal of sympathy towards Xenophilius. Despite 
his being a little eccentric and quite possibly even barmy, he 
did show a normal parental reaction when Luna was kidnapped. The 
Quibbler went from being pro-Harry to being anti-Harry in a flash, 
and that was realistic. Any parent would most probably have the 
same kind of reaction, I'm sure I probably would, although heaven 
forfend that such a situation ever arose.

One point relative to this, though - and I think a comparison was 
being drawn, albeit perhaps rather tenuous - is the difference 
between what Xenpohilius did and what Sirius stated he would have 
done. In POA, Sirius says he would have died rather than betray 
his friends. I wonder if he had had children this same view would 
have held firm. Something to contemplate, maybe and I'll wait for 
others to take up the gauntlet or not as the case may be.

> Jerri (snipped):

> Also, I have wondered ever since DH, why Lord V. didn't take 
> Ginny hostage very soon in the school year.
> It seems such an obvious thing for him to have done, and long 
> before the time when the family took precautions against it.
> After all soul fragment/memory Tom Riddle understood the power 
> of a young hostage.

Goddlefrood:

The differing pieces of soul have no link to each other, so 
even if the diary revenant was aware of the value of Ginny 
as a hostage it would not mean that the reembodied LV would. 
As I've said before, LV was not terribly bright, and he 
certainly was never logical, so he probably simply never 
thought of this. Having said that, the reason for the 
raid on the wedding may have been for the very purpose 
of kidnapping Ginny or one of the other Weasley children. 
Happily the raid achieved very little for LV and his minions, 
but that was only due to their stumbling across foes who 
were their superiors and able to parry the attack.