Jo on Voldemort

[potioncat]

"Annemehr" wrote:

> 
 
> Anyway, Jo has responded, including this tidbit on her plans for 
him 
> in book 7:
> 
> "I am sorry not to be there in person to join your celebration of 
> literary evil, but Lord Voldemort requires my constant presence at 
> the moment, as his Dark plans are unfolding in all their grisly 
> glory. I hope those of you who voted for him in the Big Bad Read 
> enjoy reading about him in book seven, where he finally gets the 
> legroom for which he has been aching during all those years in 
> exile. 
> 
> "I have always felt that cardboard baddies make weak heroes and 
that 
> Harry deserved a really deluxe model, so I have done my best to 
make 
> Lord Voldemort a real person, red eyed and snakelike though he 
might 
> be. He, of course, is one of the reasons the Harry Potter books are 
> often banned, but I remain of the firm belief that we need our 
> imaginary villains, the better to brace ourselves for the ones we 
> need to fight in reality."


Kathy W:
Anne sent the above quote. I'm surprised it didn't generate at least 
a few comments. A similar post at TOL didn't get a rise either. You'd 
think lines like, "grisly glory... aching for legroom...deluxe 
model..." would have gotten something.

My first thought was "grisly"---**grisly?** Just what is she 
planning? I don't like the sounds of this. Are we going to find out 
what sort of Dark Magic results in wounds similar to Moody's? Is 
Greyback going to get free reign? 

Or, does no one believe her?