A dastardly Voldy plan - was: Re: Lockets

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:

Kneasy:
Supposedly, Voldy survives while even one of these split ends is
extant. But not only are they a safety feature they also have the 
potential to become new Voldys if the conditions are right. If so 
it'd be self-defeating to hide them in places where they're unable to 
come into contact with a victim. It's this line of reasoning that 
makes me wonder what all that stuff in the Cave was about.

Carolyn:
Now this is very clear thinking. What we pay you for.

If we link it to Kathy's idea:

Potioncat:
It still makes more sense to me that RAB, whether or not he made it
out, switched the locket before it was placed in the cave.

Carolyn:
...a few things fall into place.

It is, of course, nonsense that a junior DE could discover the cave, 
steal the real locket or replace the potion unaided, let alone 
destroy the thing. Also pointless have to a self-refilling bird bath 
if all it does is conceal a priceless theft from the owner.

So, let's quit imagining that Regulus is some sort of unsung hero, 
and let's start thinking he was allowed to make the attempt, for the 
sole purpose of moving the real locket to where it could potentially 
take over a suitable victim.

For this to work, any one of the suggested scenarios can take place - 
Kreacher helps him, Voldy takes him along as a little helper for some 
sort of ritual buffing up of the heirlooms, whatever. Regulus 
staggers out in shock, clutching his swag, thinking his daft little 
plan has worked. He has just time to get back to 12GP before either 
dying of the potion Voldy made him drink, or being otherwise murdered 
by a henchperson.

Voldy now couldn't give tuppence who makes it to the cave, with the 
added warm feeling about what will happen to them if they are too 
clever by half and attempt to drink the potion. It may even be a 
protection designed specifically to target DD, as the only 
conceivable person who might get that far.

All he cares about is that the locket, like the One Ring, is lurking 
happily on a shelf somewhere in a bona fide DE household, waiting for 
someone to be tempted to pick it up and put it on.

Could be that Voldy even knew that Bella was due to inherit should 
Sirius snuff it. Might have been what she was referring to in Chapter 
2, that he'd promised her something. 

Definitely looks like a tussle of will-power between Harry and Bella 
over control of Kreacher in Book 7 (who will have hidden the thing).


Carolyn