Did Voldemort know what really happened between his parents?, How do you think he learned as much as he did? |
 Sep 21 2009, 03:03 AM
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Hiding in the Iron Maiden at Borgin and Burkes  Posts: 329 Joined: 1:47am August 20, 2009 Location: The Burrow with Fred and George  |
i'm not sure if this has been asked before but i'll ask anyway, did voldermort know the whole story of what really happened between his mother and father?
 i'm not aware if it was written in the book (HBP or anywhere through the series) if he was able to find that out the same way dumbledore did? i was under the impression that the reason he killed his father was simply because he left his mother and/or he abandoned voldermort but i'm not sure if he really knew the reason WHY he left? This post has been edited by midzy: Sep 21 2009, 10:22 PM --------------------  |
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Oct 18 2009, 04:01 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 158 Joined: 5:02pm April 22, 2008 Location: Flying on thestrels with Luna  |
I don't think he would have ever bothered to find that out. After he fond out his father was no wizard I believe he would have wanted to know nothing about him. Killing his father was like killing off the only muggle part of him. It was almost like wiping himself clean of the Riddle family.
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Oct 18 2009, 09:05 PM
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Hiding in the Iron Maiden at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 329 Joined: 1:47am August 20, 2009 Location: The Burrow with Fred and George |
but i assume he would've wanted to know why he ended up in the orphanage, right? why he doesn't have a parents and who they are no matter if they're muggle or not.
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Oct 19 2009, 04:00 PM
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Personal Secretary to The Minister of Magic  Posts: 9,192 Joined: 4:57am January 28, 2005 Location: near Muggleswick, UK |
QUOTE(midzy @ Sep 21 2009, 09:03 AM)  i'm not sure if this has been asked before but i'll ask anyway, did voldermort know the whole story of what really happened between his mother and father? No. Voldemort's version of events don't really match Dumbledore's. For example he makes no mention of the love potion, and suggests his father deserted his mother when he found out she was a witch rather than as a result of the love potion being withdrawn.QUOTE(midzy @ Sep 21 2009, 09:03 AM) i was under the impression that the reason he killed his father was simply because he left his mother and/or he abandoned voldermort but i'm not sure if he really knew the reason WHY he left? I think one reason Voldemort killed his father and grandparents to dispose of his muggle connections. The desertion might also have been an issue, but he might have killed them even without that.
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Oct 19 2009, 08:51 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 5 Joined: 2:31pm October 10, 2009 |
QUOTE(midzy @ Oct 18 2009, 07:05 PM) but i assume he would've wanted to know why he ended up in the orphanage, right? why he doesn't have a parents and who they are no matter if they're muggle or not. he probably wanted to (and we know he tried) but was he able to or not? |
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Oct 23 2009, 01:25 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 25 Joined: 1:32am October 2, 2009 |
QUOTE(roonwit @ Oct 20 2009, 05:00 AM) QUOTE(midzy @ Sep 21 2009, 09:03 AM) i'm not sure if this has been asked before but i'll ask anyway, did voldermort know the whole story of what really happened between his mother and father? No. Voldemort's version of events don't really match Dumbledore's. For example he makes no mention of the love potion, and suggests his father deserted his mother when he found out she was a witch rather than as a result of the love potion being withdrawn.First thing, I admit it's possible that Voldemort has never found out about the love potion. He might have made up his own story just by Morfin's few words. However, it is also possible that he has found out, because I don't think the two versions put forth by Dumbledore and Voldemort are entirely contradictory. The question is: what has happened between the love potion wearing off and Riddle sr. finally leaving? Does Riddle sr. leave because he no longer feels anything for Merope, or because he feels scared after he's found out Merope had been giving him magical potion (in other words, discovered that Merope was a witch)? If it is the latter, then it is quite hard to judge which fact disgusted Riddle sr. more and directly caused him to leave: that he was fed love potion, or that Merope was an 'evil' witch that could brew love potion. Both can be valid at the same time, for that matter. Maybe Dumbledore and Voldemort just had different interpretation about the same incident? Their individual interpretation also suited their personal viewpoints: to Dumbledore, 'true love' matters; to Voldemort, the antogonism between wizards and muggles matters. Voldemort never values 'love', at all. It is likely that he would assume Riddle sr. is only scared by the power of the magic (i.e. love potion), instead of thinking 'love' is needed to hold his parents together. As to from whom he can possibly get to know about the whole story, Riddle sr. himself may be a good source. Voldemort may coerce the story out of his father before killing him. This post has been edited by Silvia_CMC: Oct 23 2009, 01:26 AM |
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