Oh, I agree: in Harry's situation, I wouldn't have gone for Slytherin. Having been derpived of love for that long and then meeting Hagrid, who knew his parents and actually cared about him, who was his only source of info about the wizarding world, he was of course going to abide by what Hagrid said and I can't say I'd have done differently. But me aged eleven, in the situation I was in then... if I'd known anything about the houses I would have chosen Slytherin.
And... I never really thought of doomed-baby-Voldemort in the context of sociopath!Tom. Mind you, sociopathy is a product of both nature and nurture, and most scientists seem to believe that the nature is necessary, the capacity to become a sociopath; nature is what activates it. So maybe the baby-Voldy is what's left of the Tom who could have been raised by a loving family and given the individual care and attention needed to turn him from his path. Which is... really creepy AND sad.
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Date: 2009-02-20 05:54 pm (UTC)And... I never really thought of doomed-baby-Voldemort in the context of sociopath!Tom. Mind you, sociopathy is a product of both nature and nurture, and most scientists seem to believe that the nature is necessary, the capacity to become a sociopath; nature is what activates it. So maybe the baby-Voldy is what's left of the Tom who could have been raised by a loving family and given the individual care and attention needed to turn him from his path. Which is... really creepy AND sad.
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