A dastardly Voldy plan - was: Re: Lockets

[Kimberly]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:<snip Kneasy's thoughts for the sake of length>

> Dungrollin:
> Hmm. I'm not convinced that any of the other Horsepox could do what 
> the diary did, which is why the diary was left (as a weapon) with 
> Lucius, and why the others (locket/ring etc) were hidden and 
> protected (if poorly). 

Dungrollin, we made the same points yesterday, and here you are 
again, expressing myself far more coherently than I ever do: 

<snip off all but the most key point>
> 
> Moreover, why would Voldy want a load of extra Voldys popping up 
all 
> over the place when he'd put his Headstucks into circulation? 

Me:
No way he would *intentionally* create spares of himself that can act 
independantly of the original.  They would basically be totally 
separate entities, his equal in magic and power (I assume, or what 
would be the point?), and with the same ambitions and nastiness, and 
would, therefore, set out immediately to get rid of the original.  
After all, we know he works alone, and doesn't want buddies.  So 
instead of just having to deal with that annoying Potter boy, he'd 
suddenly be at war with himself, and possibly more than one of 
himself.  And at varying ages, too, if the Riddle from the diary is 
any indication.  I doubt he'd want to fight his younger, fitter 
self.  

And horse-chuckin's not easy, if Sluggy's memory is any indication 
(which it might not be), so I don't think you could really just 
accidentally make one.

kimberly