Thomas Marvolo Riddle

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 161501

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cindiknits" <cindiknits at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I'm sure this question doesn't rise to the level of much of the
> discourse on this list (I'm amazed at the depth of thought everyone
> puts into their posts), but I'm wondering:  if Tom Riddle hated his
> father and his father's name so much, why did he make an anagram out
> of that very name when he decided to create a new name for himself? 
A
> name he hoped would someday strike fear into the heart of everyone 
who
> heard it. In one of the books (CofS?) He comments to the effect "Do
> you think I was going to keep my filthy muggle father's name"? But
> really, he did keep his father's name, even though he could have
> called himself anything. So in a way, he's paying homage to a person
> he supposedly hated. I did a quick search of the archives but didn't
> find a discussion of this specific point. Doesn't anyone but me find
> this interesting?
> 
> cindiknits
>

Charles:
Unintentional on Voldemort's part, but intentional on JKR's I'm sure, 
it shows the fact that no matter where you go, there you are. He can 
twist it and tweak it all he wants, but at the base, he is still Tom 
Marvolo Riddle.

Charles, who thinks that this point may boomerang around to us in 
book 7