Forgiveness

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No: HPFGUIDX 188685

> Pippin:
> Oh, but she does. Voldemort does not even want to feel love or remorse, although after his reconstitution with Harry's blood he has the ability. It is that choice, not his illness, that dooms him. 

> Bart:
> I do not recall seeing that in my reading. 

Kemper now:
I don't either.
I believe Harry's blood in Voldemort meant that Harry couldn't be killed when his blood with his mom's protection lived in Voldemort.  Or something like that.

Harry's blood did not grant Voldemort the power of compassion nor remorse.  It just gave Voldemort a body which would benefit Harry upon their meeting in the forest. 

As to Voldemort's mental illness, I see where Bart is coming from but I don't see it in canon.  Meaning we don't see Voldemort raised in horrible conditions that would beget an anti-social personality disorder, a disorder brought on by one's environment rather than by one's birth.  Not that everyone who experiences abusive conditions become abusive, but every abuser comes from abuse (venn diagram, anyone?) The orphanage does not seem to provide the kind of conditions that would rear an anti-social personality, and Tom was there since his birth.

I was hoping to see some humanity in Tom Riddle in the sixth book or to see that the orphanage was an vile place, but that would have made Voldemort either more complex or more sympathetic.  But ::sigh::

He was a cartoon baddie and it was laughable to have Harry offer Voldemort a chance for remorse.

jmao,
Kemper