[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle's/Voldemort's name

[Liz Sager]

No: HPFGUIDX 37148

Barbara wrote:
>Now, here is the question: if Dumbledore is so eager to dispell the >fear 
>people have about calling the dark Lord by his name - why is he >still 
>using "Voldemort" at all?
>We know (and Dumbledore does, too) that Voldemort is in truth Tom >Riddle. 
>So *why* doesn't Dumbledore tell people about it?

Well, just my two cents, but its a thought...

Tom/Volemort wished to disconnect himself from his former self. His human, 
prefect, good-boy, never-do-anything-wrong appearance, to become a feared 
and powerful Dark Wizard that he was on the inside. With the appearance and 
ruthlessness, you need a name. If you want to leave yourself behind, you 
leave your name...and you have to admit, "Voldemort" sounds scary enough in 
itself without seeing the name's owner! But I figured, in essence...Tom 
Riddle is essentially dead.

Liz (who thought *that* was a pretty pointless e-mail)

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