[HPforGrownups] Re: No more "Voldie" nickname?

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 98646


Sunday, May 16, 2004, 9:13:41 PM, vmonte wrote:

v> I don't think JKR is ordering her fans around. I think what she is 
v> trying to say is that Voldemort is a disgusting human being and  
v> should not be given a cute cuddly nickname. It would be like giving 
v> Hitler a cute nickname.  

Agreed.  I think Jo is a bit worried about fans starting to regard
Voldemort as "cool", the way many Star Wars fans feel about
Darth Vader, or the love letters Nigel Havers (to his shock and
dismay) received addressed to the vile scum he played in _The Charmer_
(a sort of Voldemort who's good in bed).

She doesn't want any flashy posters of Voldemort, or girls swooning
over his "virile power" or people dressing up as him for Halloween.
She wants us to *hate* him.  Really, really HATE him.

-- 
Dave