What killed the Riddles?

[jelly92784]

No: HPFGUIDX 104871

<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> I've always supposed that the 3 Riddles were killed by a AK curse, 
but
> I was comparing their deaths with that of Cedric, and noticed a 
small
> discrepancy.  They were said to be found with a look of terror on
> their faces, as if frightened to death.  Yet when we've seen an AK 
in
> action, on Cedric, it isn't described that way - Harry looks at "his
> open grey eyes, blank and expressionless as the windows of a 
deserted
> house, at his half-open mouth, which looked slightly surprised."  


Now me:
I think that their expressions had to do with the situation facing 
them, although in both cases it was death due to AK, it was very 
different for the riddles and cedric.  Cedric and Harry were thinking 
that the cup being a portkey was a part of the last task of the 
tournament, as far as we know cedric's life wasn't full of danger 
like Harry's was and this was probably the last thing that he 
expected, therefore, he was 'surprised' and probably not quite 
comprehending what was happening. 

We know less about the case of the Riddles.  I assume that the 
teenage boy that they saw was Tom, and although they probably had 
rarely, if ever, seen him before my guess is that he might've gone in 
there and told them exactly who he was and what he was going to do to 
them, and then he did it.  The riddles would've been terrified.

I guess in general what i'm saying is that it's not the curse that 
leaves a certain expression on the victim's face, but the 
circumstances surrounding the curse and what the victim is 
experiencing.

thoughts?

Janelle