[ SECRET POST #461 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #461 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Update on the LJ situation.

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 48 secrets from Secret Submission Post #066.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 14;

[lanjelin.livejournal.com]

I do disagree (but like you, I'm not emotionally overinvested, so you don't have to worry about me going rabid, like... certain other people can).

Children develop their abuility to feel empathy during the first year/year and a half (though they don't develop the actual empathy until much later), which is why Tom Riddle's childhood really could have changed him - it was just too late when Dumbledore discovered him.

We also have to remember that Harry's perception of Dumbledore as the wise, faultless mentor in the frist book is false. I know it's easy to fall in the trap of relying on first impressions, and also to mistake a character's voice for the author's, but Dumbledore is just human, and due to his position mistakes have far-reaching consequences.

But the fact that Tom Riddle had a shitty childhood doesn't stop me from seeing JKR's characterization of him as fatalistic

In a way I do agree. But to me it was more a case of being delt a set of circumstances that were pretty much impossible to overcome. Sometimes life just makes your choices really limited; it's not always possible for things to work out for the best. I think I see it more of a case of previous generations' mistakes having consequences far beyond their own lifespan. We're not born with a clean slate, really; our parents' and forefathers' choices will affect us as well.

In short: life isn't fair.