Why Narcissa Malfoy?

[andym2020]

No: HPFGUIDX 189633

Hello Joey,

Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:15:18 AM, you wrote:

> In DH, out of all the DEs around, LV chose Narcissa Malfoy to check if Harry is still alive.

> Bellatrix is his trustworthy lieutenant and
> cannot-be-lost-to-Potter-just-in-case-he-is-alive material, I suppose.
> Alright. Maybe he felt somewhat similar about the rest of the DEs too.

> But why not say Lucius? Lucius has at least been trying hard to get
> back to LV's good books. Narcissa has been giving a deadpan stare for
> quite a long time. True that she was excited to see the Trio at Malfoy
> Manor but she was not as excited as her husband and was not there (at
> least Harry didn't see her in his vision) in the "running race" to
> escape LV's fury that followed the event. And I don't think her
> disappointment in Draco's treatment would have been missed by LV.

> So, why do you think he chose Narcissa Malfoy of all the people?

Andrew:
By this time, the Lucius was out of favour with LV, and it was only
really a matter of time before he murdered Lucius and Narcissa - they
had by now served their purpose and were no longer of any use to him.

Even though Draco had succeeded, he was also in real danger of being
murdered by LV.

It's pretty obvious by this time that Narcissa was scared out of her
wits not only for herself, but also for her husband and especially for
her son, who she (despite her previous outward appearance of coldness)
truly loves and dotes on.

So, to answer the main point brought up here (IMHO): LV gets Narcissa to
check Harry because she is so (and obviously) scared, she doesn't want
to be there, she wants to be left alone, she wants to get herself and
her family away to safety.

Voldemort is vindictive and takes pleasure in seeing people in physical
and and mental pain/anguish. So instead of getting Bella to it, who
would really would enjoy the task, he gets Narcissa to do it, quite
simply because he knows she *doesn't* want to do it; Voldemort gets
pleasure from bossing her around, scaring her and making her do things
she does not want to do.

People like Voldemort (and bullies in general) prey on the weak because
to them, it's fun.

I know that he should have gotten someone he could trust to do it, but
he's not exactly the sanest of people.

As for the second point brought up in this thread: Why did Narcissa lie?
I think it is quite simply because she hoped that as Harry was still
alive, there was still a chance that he could defeat Voldemort, and her
family could be saved. There is also the chance that by now she resented
Voldemort, and to her, it is a way of fighting back or "rebelling"
against him.


--
 Andrew Mills