LV never loved anyone

Marissa jeterluver2 at aol.com
Tue Aug 17 01:55:26 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110300

Del <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> When asked :
> "Has Voldemort or Tom Riddle ever cared for or loved anyone?"
> 
> JKR answered :
> "Now, that's a cracking question to end with—very good. No, never.
> [Laughter.] If he had, he couldn't possibly be what he is. You will
> find out a lot more about that. It is a good question, because it
> leads us rather neatly to Half Blood Prince, "
> 
> That answer mildly shocked me : how can someone have *never* 
> loved ?! <snip>
> I find that hard to imagine, especially since JKR said some time 
> ago that in her books nobody was ever born evil. So Tom was born 
> normal, but he never cared for anyone ? Weird. <snip>


Maybe never being loved, led him to never loving anyone. He could've 
been born normally, and under other circumstances such as having a 
loving family he would've been a different person. That would mean 
it wasn't his birth that made him evil but the circumstances of his 
life. Yes, Harry learned to love but Harry and Voldemort are 
complete opposites. Voldemort went one way to not love anyone, and 
Harry cares about people much easier.

"Marissa" 





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