What makes Voldy evil (was: Plugging my theory)

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> SSSusan:
> So you're asking, then, if he's not snake, if he's not
> vampire, if he's not dementor, then what?  
> 
> To which I suppose I would ask, are we sure it's *an*
> evil thing which he's turned himself into?  Could it
> be a conglomerate, a unique hybrid?  [And maybe that's
> what you're getting at -- you wonder about the
> component parts.] 
> 
> Could it just be something JKR will not identify as a
> *thing* at all... but perhaps the result of multiple
> potions & spells w/o any "thing" entity in the mix at
> all?

Neri:
Any of these might be correct, of course.

If JKR is VERY good at this game and also plays fair, then Voldy would
be something that can be concluded from canon, although it would be
very difficult to guess. 

The advantage of assuming that the vampire-like elements in Snape
description are part of this "something" is that we get much more
information and clues that might be relevant. For example, if Snape is
a vampire in a strictly metaphorical sense, it means that he has to
consume something of other people in order to stay alive, but (since
he's not an actual vampire) it doesn't have to be blood. How about
fear, for example? Snape having to consume other people's fear can
explain why he terrorizes his students, and why he especially goes
after Neville. And if we assume that Snape got this fear sucking thing
from Voldy, this might explain why terrorizing plays such an important
role in Voldemort's strategy. And at least in regard to Diary!Tom we
have direct canon that he needs to consume fear in order to resurrect
himself:  "So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened
to be exactly what I wanted .... I grew stronger and stronger on a
diet of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets."

Neri