If you compare his back story to HJPEV’s interactions with the public in the remainder of the series
What does the EV stand for in this case?
Edit:
Lockhart does handle fame better and if he’d taken credit (and if there hadn’t been a series of additional threats waiting in the wings that he had no reason to expect) it would have been better for HJPEV to have been ignorant of his own involvement.
He tried to mindwipe them before they actually killed the basilisk. And I always read
“The adventure ends here, boys!” he said. “I shall take a bit of this skin back up to the school, tell them I was too late to save the girl, and that you two tragically lost your minds at the sight of her mangled body—say good-bye to your memories!”
as indicating a complete mindwipe, of the sort that (not coincidentally) happened to Lockhart when his spell backfired.
What does the EV stand for in this case?
Edit:
He tried to mindwipe them before they actually killed the basilisk. And I always read
as indicating a complete mindwipe, of the sort that (not coincidentally) happened to Lockhart when his spell backfired.
Gah! Thank you. I’ll excuse myself by saying I just got up, it’s early ‘morning’ for my graveyard shift.
That would quite exactly undo the entire reason I use that name. How embarrassing.
Reply to Edit : You’re right. It’s been too long since I read the original and I’ve allowed certain fanfiction to cloud my judgement.
’E’s Very habitual when it comes to writing names in acronym form, clearly.