JRK is right! Give Voldemort respect. was: No more "Voldie"

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 98600

 Mandy here:
I agree with JKR on this one, and an glad that hardly anyone on this 
site uses that particular name in reference to Lord Voldemort.  I've 
always found it silly and it doesn't in any way describe the villain 
worthy of our hero's trials and tribulations. 

`Volide' is too cute, cuddly and imo disrespectful, and if we're 
going to honor JKR's works by discussing as much as we do, I think we 
should respect her wishes.  JKR wants Voldemort to maintain an aurora 
of menace and terror and to dumb him down with a silly nickname is 
wrong and disrespectful to the character and authors intention. 

I understand the need by some readers to diminish the villain to make 
him more palatable and acceptable, but anytime the bad guy in a story 
is dumbed down it takes away from the hero of the story.  When Harry 
finally defeats Voldemort, the victory will be diminished if we all 
look upon Voldemort as a weak and cute, 'Voldie'.

Most of us on this site refer to Voldemort as LV, Dumbledore as DD, 
and J.K. Rowling as JRK, for the sake of short hand.  These 
shortening of names to initials, imo, are more acceptable because 
they don't take away from the power of the name itself.  Of course 
JKR might disagree.

Stepping of her soap box, 
Mandy.