Would DD Kill? Other Ways to Destroy a Man.

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 157761

> > Eddie:
> > In a sense, Tom Riddle was destroyed by Lord Voldemort.  Dumbledore
> > (and Harry) could destroy LV and leave Tom Riddle alive.  Especially
> > if he can use some of that Love from the "Love Room" (for lack of a
> > better name) at the Ministry of Magic.
> > 
> > Ah, redemption.
> 
> Tonks:
> Good point. I am not sure where to go with it, but you do make a good 
> point that in a sense, Tom was destroyed by LV. It is almost like LV 
> being a false self and the true self (Tom) is hidden away. If your 
> theory is correct, what will happen to Tom once he is free?
> 
> Tonks_op

Eddie:
I find redemption a tricky business in literature.  On the one hand, I
always root for it.  On the other hand, it can be soooo sickly sweet
it makes me want to -- er, nevermind.

What then of a freed Tom?  Here's some ideas, some silly, some
serious, some sickly sweet:

- Shamed by what he did as Lord Voldemort, Tom kills himself.

- So lacking in Love until now, he refuses to leave the Love Room and
whiters away there.

- Tom Riddle joins the Weasley twins as a salesman at the joke shop. 
(Fred and George say, "The publicity is great for business, and he's
still not as annoying as Percy.")

- Writes an autobiography, "Menacing Me" and tours the Muggle TV
shows, baring all on a Barbara Walters' special interview.

Eddie