Re: The whole 'don't say his name!' business
- From: Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:27:07 -0500
On 30 Oct 2005 10:45:08 GMT, Troels Forchhammer
<Troels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>It is a very common belief, and has been practiced in real life.
>This, however, is a reason for the person himself to refrain from
>giving his 'true name' (which, in Lord Voldemort's case would be Tom
>Marvolo Riddle), and others would only refrain from using it out of
>respect (if using it could give you power over the person there'd be
>no reason to fear him if you knew his name).
Hence DD's insistence on using Tom, and V's fear of him. He can't
inspire fear in Dd. he's too powerful to fall for it.
.
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