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Thanks for those examples about Voldemort's techniques in manipulation! I figured he had to have been more smooth in the past, but was having trouble thinking of examples. Nice point about Quirrell, too--it shows how other Houses besides Slytherin could fall under Voldemort's spell.
Good point about the Carrows--they're not exactly outstanding examples of the "inner circle," are they? ;-) But by this point, Voldemort is probably scraping the bottom of the barrel for DE recruits.
Voldemort's promise to spare Lily: I think the promise was part of a manipulation by Voldemort to send Severus to Dumbledore.
Very interesting! I hadn't thought of it that way before. So he expected Severus to betray him? Or it provided a plausible excuse for Dumbledore to trust Snape, since he's sending Snape to spy on Dumbledore?
Good point about the Carrows--they're not exactly outstanding examples of the "inner circle," are they? ;-) But by this point, Voldemort is probably scraping the bottom of the barrel for DE recruits.
Voldemort's promise to spare Lily: I think the promise was part of a manipulation by Voldemort to send Severus to Dumbledore.
Very interesting! I hadn't thought of it that way before. So he expected Severus to betray him? Or it provided a plausible excuse for Dumbledore to trust Snape, since he's sending Snape to spy on Dumbledore?