Funny thing/DumbleVoldoremort

msbeadsley msbeadsley at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 16 00:04:10 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 80874

sarcasticmuppet wrote:
> Ever notice that Dumbledore and Voldemort's name kinda sound the 
> same?  They're both three syllable words with the emphasis on the 
> first syllable.  They both contain the letters O-L-D-E-M-R.  I 
> thought it was interesting.

Interesting. I keep nosing around (got that from Snuffles, I reckon) 
notions of something like Harry (or Dumbledore, or Grindelwald or 
*somebody*) turning out to *be* Voldemort somehow; the similarities 
between Tom & Harry, the canon around time-turning and its attendant 
warnings, the "different generations/characters but same/similar 
experience with bullying/deprivation" echoes. You may have something 
there.

Then again, maybe "Voldemort" wasn't just the only anagram Tom Riddle 
could come up with; maybe whatever made DD "the only one he ever 
feared" also inspired him (earlier) to choose a name with some of the 
same cadence.

Sandy aka "msbeadsley"





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