Current Events > Why was Voldemort so obsessed with killing Harry?

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He would've won if he let one of his minions do it.

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Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...

He would've won if he let one of his minions do it.

How do you figure

Voldemort quite literally survived his body exploding as a spirit through his emo hatred boner, no way he would delegate his reeeeevengeance

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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

How do you figure

Harry was kind of up shit creek without a paddle at the end of Goblet of Fire. All Voldemort had to do was have Lucius and everybody else line up and do the magical firing squad on Harry. Or burn him. Or do something. Just prevent the Priori Incantatem shenanigans.

And if the horcrux shenanigans laid out in Deathly Hallows caused any issue, kill him again.

The only thing (with the understanding that the plot demanded it to happen at some point) that killed Voldemort was his ego.

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There was a prophecy that stated one of them must die at the hands of the other.

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pegusus123456 posted...

There was a prophecy that stated one of them must die at the hands of the other.

Had Voldy realized that already happened in 1981, the last three books would have been even more a revenge plot by Harry.

Because he was the ONE who lived.

You have any idea what that does to someone's reputation?
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pegusus123456 posted...

There was a prophecy that stated one of them must die at the hands of the other.

I mean, if Im a megalomaniacal villain, Im definitely testing this prophecy.

See how well it holds up when youve got 900 death eaters surrounding your house as youre taking a piss. >_>

even if he survives, surely the confrontation will be entertaining <_<

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AlisLandale posted...

I mean, if Im a megalomaniacal villain, Im definitely testing this prophecy.

See how well it holds up when youve got 900 death eaters surrounding your house as youre taking a piss. >_>

even if he survives, surely the confrontation will be entertaining <_<

That was part of the point though. The terms of the prophecy only became fulfilled because Voldemort chose to seek out Harry like that.

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Villains have to be dumb, or the plot just stops moving somewhere near the end of act 2.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Villains have to be dumb, or the plot just stops moving somewhere near the end of act 2.

This too though. Voldemort is justifiably very stupid.

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John Wick all alone in Hogwarts at the end of Deathly Hallows vs. Voldemort and all of his goons. How long does it take John Wick to eliminate all life?

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jumi posted...

John Wick all alone in Hogwarts at the end of Deathly Hallows vs. Voldemort and all of his goons. How long does it take John Wick to eliminate all life?

Harry Potter would in general have gone very differently if guns were a thing wizards used
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harry has hair voldy was bald

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teepan95 posted...

Harry Potter would in general have gone very differently if guns were a thing wizards used

Ok, this has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, and I know you're going to roll your eyes, but hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.

Here's why:
Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead.

Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it--you're looking at a picture of it.

Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12.

And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

Now I know what you're going to say: "But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!" Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger?

Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova.

Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound.

I can see it now...Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series:

"Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1."

And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911

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Why didn't he just teleport next to Harry and shoot him with a gun tho

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AlisLandale posted...

Ok, this has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, and I know you're going to roll your eyes, but hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.

Here's why:
Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead.

Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it--you're looking at a picture of it.

Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12.

And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

Now I know what you're going to say: "But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!" Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger?

Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova.

Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound.

I can see it now...Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series:

"Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1."

And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911

This is the most fanfic-y crap I've ever read.

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Found the NRA spokesperson

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Essentially Voldy was blinded by his own insane ego, and read into things exactly wrongly. Dumbledore accounted for all of this and egged things along.

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AlisLandale posted...

teepan95 posted...

Harry Potter would in general have gone very differently if guns were a thing wizards used

Ok, this has been driving me crazy for seven movies now, and I know you're going to roll your eyes, but hear me out: Harry Potter should have carried a 1911.

Here's why:
Think about how quickly the entire WWWIII (Wizarding-World War III) would have ended if all of the good guys had simply armed up with good ol' American hot lead.

Basilisk? Let's see how tough it is when you shoot it with a .470 Nitro Express. Worried about its Medusa-gaze? Wear night vision goggles. The image is light-amplified and re-transmitted to your eyes. You aren't looking at it--you're looking at a picture of it.

Imagine how epic the first movie would be if Harry had put a breeching charge on the bathroom wall, flash-banged the hole, and then went in wearing NVGs and a Kevlar-weave stab-vest, carrying a SPAS-12.

And have you noticed that only Europe seems to a problem with Deatheaters? Maybe it's because Americans have spent the last 200 years shooting deer, playing GTA: Vice City, and keeping an eye out for black helicopters over their compounds. Meanwhile, Brits have been cutting their steaks with spoons. Remember: gun-control means that Voldemort wins. God made wizards and God made muggles, but Samuel Colt made them equal.

Now I know what you're going to say: "But a wizard could just disarm someone with a gun!" Yeah, well they can also disarm someone with a wand (as they do many times throughout the books/movies). But which is faster: saying a spell or pulling a trigger?

Avada Kedavra, meet Avtomat Kalashnikova.

Imagine Harry out in the woods, wearing his invisibility cloak, carrying a .50bmg Barrett, turning Deatheaters into pink mist, scratching a lightning bolt into his rifle stock for each kill. I don't think Madam Pomfrey has any spells that can scrape your brains off of the trees and put you back together after something like that. Voldemort's wand may be 13.5 inches with a Phoenix-feather core, but Harry's would be 0.50 inches with a tungsten core. Let's see Voldy wave his at 3,000 feet per second. Better hope you have some Essence of Dittany for that sucking chest wound.

I can see it now...Voldemort roaring with evil laughter and boasting to Harry that he can't be killed, since he is protected by seven Horcruxes, only to have Harry give a crooked grin, flick his cigarette butt away, and deliver what would easily be the best one-liner in the entire series:

"Well then I guess it's a good thing my 1911 holds 7+1."

And that is why Harry Potter should have carried a 1911

Gr8 copypasta
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Its already even shown even a indirect seeing of a basilisk eyes such as through a mirror can petrifiy you.

Night vision goggles wouldn't work.

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I'd try reading the books. It lays out why pretty well in them.

because in hindsight its very poorly written

like remember the dumbass rules for quidditch? where the snitch is worth 150pts and instantly ends the game. Which makes the regular/main scoring method to be near completely pointless. and yet she still has people catch the snitch despite them knowing it will make them lose.

toyota posted...

because in hindsight its very poorly written

This isn't one of the things that's poorly written though.

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toyota posted...

because in hindsight its very poorly written

like remember the dumbass rules for quidditch? where the snitch is worth 150pts and instantly ends the game. Which makes the regular/main scoring method to be near completely pointless. and yet she still has people catch the snitch despite them knowing it will make them lose.

If I recall, the scores were aggregated so that the winner between the houses was based on points rather than W/L record.

Pro quidditch idk how that shit works.

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MT_TRAEH posted...

harry has hair voldy was bald

This is the real answer. J.K. Rowling left a lot of clues but you really have to have your eyes wide open to notice them.

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Imagine not using some anti-gun spell.

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toyota posted...

because in hindsight its very poorly written

like remember the dumbass rules for quidditch? where the snitch is worth 150pts and instantly ends the game. Which makes the regular/main scoring method to be near completely pointless. and yet she still has people catch the snitch despite them knowing it will make them lose.

I always assumed the game was first to 150 points and that actually catching the snitch didn't happen every match.

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I thought that the whole point with quidditch was that it was a parody of sports.

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Jiggy101011 posted...

I always assumed the game was first to 150 points and that actually catching the snitch didn't happen every match.

Nah, the Snitch has to be caught. One book mentions a game that went on for several days.

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He took the prophecy as being set in stone. It became self-fulfilling because of this.

SpaceBear_ posted...

Nah, the Snitch has to be caught. One book mentions a game that went on for several days.

Thats kinda dumb then. Turns into seeker vs seeker at some point.

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teepan95 posted...

Harry Potter would in general have gone very differently if guns were a thing wizards used

Ah, reminds me of the duel Harry Dresden was offered in Dresden Files. Bunch of harry potter wannabe wizards challenge him to a duel, since Harry is a wizard they thought he would respond with a spell. He pulls out his gun and they flee.

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Jiggy101011 posted...

Thats kinda dumb then. Turns into seeker vs seeker at some point.

Well no the snitch is only worth 150 points. After several days theoretically one team could be at 1440 points and one could be at 1620 points. Even if the 1st team catches the snitch they'll lose.

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FabIemaster posted...

Jiggy101011 posted...

Thats kinda dumb then. Turns into seeker vs seeker at some point.

Well no the snitch is only worth 150 points. After several days theoretically one team could be at 1440 points and one could be at 1620 points. Even if the 1st team catches the snitch they'll lose.

Krum catches the snitch, but Ireland win
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teepan95 posted...

Krum catches the snitch, but Ireland win

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