GoF CH 1-3 post DH look

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 181743

> > Alla:
> > 
> > I mean, to me it makes more sense that Voldemort as the only
> > heir would have owned it, 

Mike:
Yeah, me too Alla. Not necessarily because he was the only heir, but 
because he would think it his birthright and would manipulate things 
to put his name on the deed. 

As Zanooda said:
> It seems to me that if LV really wanted the Riddle house, the fact
> that he was not in the will wouldn't have stopped him from owning 
> it. He was a wizard - he could have pulled something a la DD 
> "convincing" Mrs. Cole.

Mike again:
Also, Voldemort has hidden one of his Horcruxes just down the road 
in the Gaunt Hovel. Remembering what young Tom Sr said to his riding 
partner, I'm guessing that the owner of the Riddle House might have 
rights of first refusal to purchase the Gaunt land if it was ever 
condemned, before it was put up for auction. I would think Tom Jr 
would be most concerned that the Gaunt place not fall into the wrong 
hands.

LV might have been able to convince Lucius Malfoy to stay current on 
the taxes and paying the groundskeeper, ya think?

I would also bet Lord Voldemort would use a different anagram for his 
name on the deed. My vote would be to bring back the "i am" and make 
him "Lord Dimmo Varlet", but he might not go for that one. 



> Oryomai:
> I've heard that theory before, and I never understood it either. 
> I think it's due to people wanting to give Dumbledore credit for
> being in all parts of the Wizarding World.  If Dumbledore owned 
> the Riddle House, I think we'd know by now.

Mike:
I too heard the theory and found it wanting. For what purpose would 
Dumbledore want to purchase that house? I don't think DD would be the 
type to swindle someone out of it. If he wanted it for a residence 
outside of Hogwarts, he wasn't doing a very good job of using it.

It's certainly not of sentimental value to him. Although I'm sure 
that Dumbledore knew by the time of GoF that Tom Riddle Jr killed Tom 
Riddle Sr and therefore was keeping an ear out for anything untoward 
that might happen in Little Hangleton, I seriously doubt that would 
have required buying the Riddle House and letting it go fallow.



> Oryomai:
> Bertha was completely destroyed after Riddle's questioning, right? 
> Would this be like when someone has their soul sucked by the Death
> Eaters or worse?  Would she have been a functioning person?  Would 
> she have been able to recover from what Voldy did to her?

Mike:
You meant soul-sucked by dementors, right? As to you other questions, 
I take them as rhetorical. Because I think you've got it exactly 
right, Bertha was probably less than human by the time Voldie got 
done with her.



> > Alla:
> > 
> > As it was usual with wizards? Did Sirius use non-magical birds? 
> > Or is it how wizards in those countries communicate by letters?
> > 
> > What birds are these, do you think?
> 
> Oryomai:
> I'm guessing that this is just JKR's way of trying to make us 
> believe that Sirius is in a happy place right now.  After the
> dark, bleak setting of Azkaban, he is in a place of color and
> fun.  I don't think the other wizards use those kinds of birds 
> normally, it is just about the contrast.

Mike:
Oh, I disagree. I don't think there are owls available in all parts 
of the world. I could easily imagine wizard inhabitants of the 
tropics having other bird species as their post carriers. I like 
Carol's idea of parrots or macaws. How about a toucan?