My shocking idea

[sofdog_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 74004

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
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> Sof:
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> > So, then my question really is 'what drove young Tom Riddle to an 
amoral quest power through that included murder by the age of 16?'
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> This seems a mystery that JKR has explained. V's mom was 
rejected/abandoned by her Muggle husband when he finds out she's a 
witch. I was looking for the canon that says she dies giving birth, 
but couldn't find it. V does say his dad "abandoned me even before I 
was born." He gets stuck in muggle orphanage. He somehow 
knows/believes his heritage links him to Salazar Slytherin. His 
mission in life is clear, and stronger promptings could not be found 
to motivate his resentment, hatred and anger. This all goes to 
reinforce the odd contrast between himself and Harry, who have so 
many things in common ("both half-bloods, orphans, raised by Muggles" 
It is indeed their choices that make them who they are and set them 
on different life paths.
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> owlery2003
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Sof:

That just isn't enough of an answer for me. Which is why I'd like 
Rowling to do a Tom Riddle companion novel.