LV never loved anyone

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 110605

SSSusan wrote :
"These are JKR's words, and the fact that she used the words--about
TOM specifically--"choices" and "wrong" seems highly significant.  No,
I doubt he said, "I want to be evil when I grow up" but that was never
my argument.  He had CHOICES and he made WRONG ones, per JKR.  That's
been my point:  choices."

Del replies :
But don't you believe that people, especially kids, can make wrong
decisions without realising they are wrong ? I just explained in
another post that I made a terribly wrong decision at about age 9, a
decision that would dramatically change my life for the worst for
years to come. But when I made that decision, it seemed absolutely
*right* to me ! It seemed like the *best* thing to do. Only an adult,
with more experience than I had, could have seen that I was headed
straight for disaster. Luckily for society, I was the introvert type,
so I blamed only myself and went into a self-destruct mode. Tom was a
sociopath, so he blamed everyone else and went into a murderous mode.

SSSusan wrote :
"I'm going on my gut, my training, and JKR's words."

Del replies :
Don't we all :-) ? Whether our gut is based on personal experience is
the only difference.

And yes I'm quite vehement about Tom because JKR's statement that he
never loved deeply shocked me. I know what abandonment can do to a
child, so I already could relate to Tom before that. But to read that
he was so damaged that he never was able to love brought a whole new
dimension to the story, at least in my eyes. In fact, I truly hope
that she didn't mean things that simply, that she just made an
over-statement, and that Tom was not that damaged. Or else I hope it
will all come to play a part in the end, in relation with Harry's love
and compassion. Because otherwise I would feel that it in fact
unnecessarily takes away from LV's evilness.

Del