Voldemort vs. Riddle

holly_phoenix_11 pentzouli at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 14 14:19:50 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 77130

> 
> Another possibility- calling him Tom could be considered an 
> insult?  Instead of calling him Voldemort like I'm sure he'd like 
to 
> be called, Dumbledore is then talking down to him?  Just a 
> thought...
> 
> -Kelly

me, holly :

I agree with you, Kelly, and to strenghten this opinion, I'd like to 
add my own thoughts :
Dumbledore is the only one that Voldemort fears, because Dumbledore 
knew Voldemort from the age of 11. I recently saw the second film, 
and from what I recall, the second book had this scene almost 
identical : Harry gets in the diary and finds out about the dead 
student. He witnesses the discussion between Riddle and Dumbledore, 
and he also witnesses the soft spot of Riddle, even if he was not 
aware of the orphanage background in order to combine the fact that 
Riddle was somewhat terrified by the chance of the school closing. 

So, Dumbledore knows the soft spots of Riddle, and that is why he 
will always be superior. He knows his weaknesses, he knows what drove 
him to that monstrous direction. To Dumbledore, Tom Riddle is just 
Tom. He could never be Voldemort, because he could never exceed 
Dumbedore in the magical abilities. His weaknesses make him so 
obvious to DD, that he can't expect any kind of credit from him.

cheers
holly_phoenix_11








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