The Riddle House /Riddle's House

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 46733

Debbie:
>  Although it is 
>   entirely possible that the house is indeed owned by some rich muggle 
>   for taxation purposes, JKR tends to "keep things within the family" so 
>   to speak, so it's not impossible to think that the house is owned by 
>   someone we've already met. I myself tend to think that the person is 
>   Dumbledore, but other have voted for Lucius Malfoy.
> 
> I vote for Lucius Malfoy for several reasons.  First, canon states that the 
> present owner of the Riddle house is wealthy.  We know Lucius is wealthy.  
> That doesn't discount Dumbledore, because IIRC his finances have not been 
> discussed.  
> 

You know, I've always thought it was owned by Voldemort himself.
I know he's been disembodied, but given that it is an absentee owner, I've al
ways assumed that Frank Bryce's wages were paid directly to his bank. (I 
assume that, whoever owns it.)

Would Voldemort feel free and confident to use the house if it were owned by 
Malfoy (or anyone else)? He picks the time that he reveals himself to the DEs 
- not until he has his body back. If he regards Malfoy as 'slippery', I 
suspect he wouldn't trust him whilst still in his weakened state. It doesn't 
sound to me like they've been in contact until the meeting in the graveyard, 
unless his berating of Malfoy is all show, so I can't believe its a 
convenient arrangement between the two.

Voldemort, being an Evil Overlord, naturally has access to wealth. If a 
notorious 'criminal' like Sirius can access his Gringotts bank account at a 
distance to pay for a mail order broomstick, I don't see any reason why the 
goblins wouldn't carry on some standing order arranged by Voldemort in 
pre-vapour days. (There has to be some mechanism whereby wizard and Muggle 
currencies are exchanged, but that is a problem that seems to be solvable, 
given that the Grangers are able to exchange their Muggle money.)


Megalynn:

>I do have a CANNON related question. It is, however, 
>inspired by the movie. In the Chamber scenes, Riddle is wearing Ravenclaw 
>colors. His tie is blue and his patch has an R on it. I know I not mistaken 
>because I stared at it the entire time in disbelief. So, my question is, is 
>there any cannon evidence that ever states what house Tom Riddle/Voldemort 
>belonged too?

We have different perceptions of colour. I didn't notice the patch, I'm 
afraid, but I did particularly note Riddle's tie and the band around the neck 
of his sweater and I was firmly convinced they were green and silver 
(although it's rather a teal green). There's a nice picture of him on the 
Leaky Cauldron and they look green, rather than blue, to me there, too.

I'll just have to go to the film again to check!

Eloise


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