[HPforGrownups] Voldemort's Mother (Re: The Sorting Hat , Voldemort challenge, )

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 29389


--- Milz <absinthe at mad.scientist.com> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Calypso8604 at a... wrote:
> > And while we're on the topic of heritage and
> ancestary, what about 
> Tom 
> > Riddle's mother? She was a descendant of Salazar
> Slytherin but 
> obviously 
> > didn't believe in the same things he did or her
> son does. She 
> married a 
> > muggle and still loved Tom Sr. enough after he
> left to name her son 
> after 
> > him. I think that she probably wasn't in Slytherin
> even though she 
> was 
> > Slytherin's descendant. Any thoughts?
> 
> Good point. Even if her father, Marvolo, disapproved
> of the 
> relationship she still went through with it. That
> tells me either she 
> 1. didn't believe the Slytherin creed or 2. she had
> this relationship 
> out of rebellion. Either way, I view her as a very
> tragic figure in 
> the Potterverse.

   I suspect you may be idealizing Miss Marvolo. Maybe
she was in love with Tom Sr. - or maybe she was just
after a rich husband. Naming her son after his father
could have been a calculated act to reinforce her
claim on him. Did she really die? Or could she have
abandoned her child when she realized she wasn't going
to be able to squeeze any money out of his father?
There's no way of knowing whether she was really the
tragically wronged woman Voldy describes or a scheming
little baggage who met her match.

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