DH reread CH 20

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 186732


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> lizzyben:
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> But was it ever an irrational superstition?

Pippin:
Yes, I think so. Canon makes a point of telling us that Lupin has no idea how the DE's could have found Harry in Tottenham Court Road. He says "Voldemort" in his conversation with Harry at Grimmauld Place. Clearly he doesn't know about the taboo as yet. This seems to be a power that Voldemort didn't have until the Ministry takeover.

Lizzyben:
> But it sort of begs the question - if DD knew that "Lord Voldemort" was really just plain old Tom Riddle, why wouldn't he make that fact known? Why wouldn't he encourage others to use that name, as DD did, instead of the grandiose name Riddle had created? Is it so that DD doesn't fear Voldemort, but everyone else does? To me, it's sort of like as if Harry said something about that jerk Snape, and DD gently insisted that Harry call Snape by his proper name: "The Half-Blood Prince!" 

Pippin:

Voldemort wasn't trying to scare people out of saying "Tom."  But I think Dumbledore didn't want to make an issue of Riddle's bloodline. There were some people who wouldn't have trusted Voldemort if they'd known he was once Tom Riddle -- but Dumbledore did not think that would be a good reason not to trust someone. 

Pippin