Grandpa Riddle

[alora67]

No: HPFGUIDX 41098

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:

> While it's possible for a sociopath to committ murder and then 
lead 
> an outwardly normal life, it's certainly not going to be an 
inwardly 
> normal life, and it wouldn't take much, IMHO, to then set him off 
> again.
> 
> I wouldn't completely toss aside the idea that he has a biological 
> child or 2, but I can't imagine that he was ever a "father" to a 
> child.
> 
> heidi
> www.fictionalley.org


Oh, I totally agree, Heidi.  I don't think Riddle was ever 
a "father" in the true sense of the word.  Not by a long shot - he's 
too self centered, among other things.  I, too, think that he began 
researching the Chamber early on, and that he had more ambition than 
the average person.  But I do think that, early in life, he probably 
had the normal desires and passions of a young man.  I just think 
his descent into the dark arts was one of those gradual things. 
Before you know it, you're undergoing dangerous transformations, 
consorting with questionable people, and the next thing you know, 
you've become a murderer.  I tend to want to believe the best in 
people, can you tell? ;-)

Alora