Does Voldemort feel lust? (was Re:Why Narcissa Malfoy?)

[geoffbannister123 at btinternet.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 189584

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, ~*~ teebeenee ~*~ <teebee86627 at ...> wrote:
>
> Eric:
> Keep in mind, Lord V. is not exactly presented as being the 
> sanest person in Wizarding Britain by a very long shot.  It 
> might have been because Narcissa was standing closest to 
> Harry, or because he wanted to get a peek down the front of 
> her robes (and hope to hell Bellatrix didn't catch him looking 
> at her sister)
> 
> luirhys: 
> Hmm.. do you think that LV even had those kind of emotions? We 
> know he wasn't capable of love, but of lust?
> 
> teebee:
> He might have understood lust. Maybe as something to get over 
> quickly. When Harry told him that Snape loved Lily he replied 
> "he desired her..."

Geoff:
I think he most probably did. After all, lust and love are in many ways 
polar opposites. A person who lusts is seeking what? Self-gratification
and possibly power in the sense that the person lusted after is simply
an object to meet their desires and that seems very Voldemort to me.