Voldemort vs. Riddle

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 77561

> 
> > --- "holly_phoenix_11" <pentzouli> wrote:
> > To Dumbledore, Tom Riddle is just Tom. 
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm wrote:
> > 
> > This actually goes back to my original observation, that 
Dumbledore 
> > said he was trying "to get people to call LV by his "proper name: 
> > Voldemort." Why make such a point of saying 
> > Voldemort was his "proper name" in the beginning?
> 
> 
> Dmbledore said that in the very 1st book. It would have given away 
> the secret of the diary in CoS if he used Riddle's real name.
> 
> aussie

Ginger pops in with a thought:

Maybe when Dumbledore is encouraging them to use the "proper" name 
(you know, the one that starts with V) he is encouraging them to face 
their fears.  None of them are afraid of Tom Riddle.  Most have never 
heard of Tom Riddle.  The thing(y) that terrorizes them is the name 
they are afraid to say.  Thus he is trying to get them to face their 
fears by calling fear personified by the name by which it is known to 
them.  

Calling him Tom in the MoM is also an example of calling someone by 
the real name.  Tom is a human, a wizard and a personal 
acquaintance.  Calling him Tom rather than an ego-inflated self-
imposed title is calling him by the real person behind the persona.

Just some thoughts.  Although I like the logic of not spoiling the 
CoS surprise :)

Ginger, off to filk, and really means it this time.