Tom Marvolo Riddle: The teen who needed someone to help guide him
While we talk frequently about Lord Voldemort, we don’t talk much about Tom Marvolo Riddle and how he grew to become the man we know and fear in later years of his life.
There is one thing about Tom Marvolo Riddle that always made it a little interesting to see how Lord Voldemort came to be. Sure, he didn’t have the worst life and there is that part of his story where he could have chosen to be a better person than he was but Tom Marvolo Riddle is interesting because he is a mess of a child who had absolutely no guidance.
Which, in a way, is like Harry Potter but the difference is that Harry never let that terrible part of his life rule him. He knew what love was because of his parents and their sacrifice and he let that love lead him.
Voldemort, however, let that lack of love fuel him. He let his loneliness lead to the monster he would become and it is fascinating to think about what would have happened if Dumbledore had actually helped Tom Riddle instead of abandoning him. Would there have been a rise to power for the Dark Lord? Or would he have stayed a kid who just needed someone to help him out?
Tom Marvolo Riddle could have been a great many things but he turned to the evils of the world and didn’t care about anyone or anything except for his own beliefs. And it’d be interesting to see where he’d have ended up otherwise.
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