[HPforGrownups] Thomas Marvolo Riddle

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No: HPFGUIDX 161527

Cindi: 
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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. <snip>

Charles Dias:
I think his problem was about using the father's name clearly within his own name (Thomas Marvolo RIDDLE) but as it's not clearly seen on the anagram (Lord Voldmort) it's not a problem for him. But I partly agree with you about the indirect homage to his so hated father's name.

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Jeremiah

I think that in keeping his father's name and giving cause to strike fear in people's hearts would be a character trait of LV. His capacity to transform something/someone into a new form would only be hightened by keeping his father's name and transforming that name into one that mobody dares to utter. Very powerful. He hs taken Tom (common name) Riddle (not so common but definitey not absurd) and Marvolo (rare... in my opinion) and made it something beyond fear... it is un mentionable and without any reason for it. Nothing will happen if you say Lord Voldemort. But the fear of it is greater than the threat.

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