[HPforGrownups] Voldemort the Cartoon (was Re: Draco = Evil?)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 124822


Friday, February 18, 2005, 2:02:55 PM, northsouth17 wrote:

n> Voldemort is cheesy, Tom Riddle is scary and intriguing...

It seems to me that in disfiguring himself in pursuit of immortality
and total evil-overlordiness, Tom Riddle robbed himself of his most
powerful weapon.  In the Chamber he tells Harry, "I've always been
able to charm the people I needed."  It's hard to be charming when
you have a snake-like face, big red eyes, and spidery fingers.

Or does it not matter than much when you've got the three
Unforgivables and a team of DE's at your disposal?

Or maybe he opted just to look as evil as he was in order to save
himself from receiving a zillion love letters from eye-fluttering
teenie-bobbers who can't see past the good looks?
(See Paul Newman's and Nigel Havers' documented distress at
receiving such unwarrented amorousness for their roles as "Hud"
and "The Charmer", respectively.)

-- 
Dave