[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldy, the family man

[Christina Gross]

No: HPFGUIDX 2473

On 28.09.2000 at 21:03:44 Kelley  wrote:

>True, but I was meaning when he underwent the changes that made him 
>unrecognizable as TR.  I would have no idea if Vold would be capable 
>of fathering children after all those changes.  Maybe. 

I doubt it. There's nothing human left in him. What I meant was that
even before he completely shed his Tom-Riddle-persona he was a man
with a mission who didn't just idle around after school trying to
sort out what he was going to do with his life, sowing his wild oats
without consideration. 

>Maybe instead of the "muggle-born" thing being a 'statement', it's 
>just the set-up to some big twist.  As for Vold, I could see him 
>wanting immortality through an offspring, but I can just as easily 
>see him being self-centered and wanting to be the only powerful one, 
>not wanting to share this even with his own son. 

Wanting to be the Number One and Only sounds very much like
Voldemort. That's why I think he would be careful not to father a
rival.
  
>> I'm sure JKR is going somewhere with it, but so far I have no idea
>> where that could be. 
>> 

>Same here.  Could be just a big coincidence--doubt it, or of course, 
>the evil 'red herring'.

That's what makes the series so great. :-)

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Christina

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