No more "Voldie" nickname?
cubfanbudwoman
susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 17 15:48:18 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 98597
Alla:
>>>When JKR wrote on her website that practice of calling
Voldemort "Voldie" must stop and Voldie will not be a sweetheart
even with therapy, I was absolutely positive that she was teasing
us, laughing with us. I was 100% sure.<<<
vmonte responds:
>>I don't think JKR is ordering her fans around. I think what she is
trying to say is that Voldemort is a disgusting human being and
should not be given a cute cuddly nickname. It would be like giving
Hitler a cute nickname.<<
Cassie:
> Maybe we're just too scared to say The Name now and "Voldie" is
just part of the transition period. I happen to think "Lord Thingy"
is much cuter, btw.<
SSSusan:
I think she was laughing along with us, as well, not ORDERING anyone
to stop. I mean, please, who could? No, I think JKR was stressing
that anyone who thinks Voldy [see? I'm going to keep calling him
whatever I choose] isn't such a bad guy or could be reformed w/ a few
sessions on a psychiatrist's couch is waaaay wrong. And that's all.
I took her words more as instructive about Voldy's nature than about
her annoyance with or bossing around of the fandom.
As I said, I'll just call him whatever I want to call him, and it
doesn't matter, because I never thought he was "an okay guy who just
made a wrong choice or two" anyway.
My two knuts.
Siriusly Snapey Susan
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