Who forgot to give me a copy of the memo?

[thistlechaser]

How could I have missed for so long that Voldemort is actually a fascinating character? (Or is it more along the lines that canon Voldemort is boring and fanon Voldemort is really interesting?)

Between ntamara's Choosing Loyalties yesterday, and this Hallelujah series I'm reading today, I'm just totally enthralled with him! Charismatic, wonderfully evil, and so able to control people! Mmmmm.

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[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Ha! Someone else starts to understand The Obsession! See? I told you guys Voldie is hot!

*wants her Voldiekins*gets back to work*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

The red eyes are sort of freaky, but the whole power thing really works for me! Mrrrowl!

Too right!

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

Canon Voldie is too... too... too much of an irrational paranoid crazyman for me to really like him, except in a vaguely horrified silly sort of way.

He suffers from stereotypical villain syndrome, wherein he takes the hard route just to make sure his sinister plans are more grandiose, he exposits too much, and he sacrifices perfectly good evil plans in the name of killing Harry. It just seems like he's too irrationally paranoid and obsessed to make a really good supervillain!

I've been expanding my fanfic horizons of late, and I've been getting to like fanon Voldie a bit, though.

Sushi's "The Beast" is a pretty fascinating take on Voldemort being influenced by another personality.

I refused to actually get squidgey over Tom in Choosing Loyalties out of principle. I find the character interesting but something about any incarnation of Voldemort having sex makes me go ewwwwwww. But I read it anyway, this addiction is too strong. *weeps but continues reading anyway*

Re: Too right!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Voldemort-sex squicks me, but... even though it does, I'm sort of into it as well. It's strange, huh?

Sushi's "The Beast"

I'll check it out, thanks!

Re: Too right!

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

Er, in that case you should definitely read the warnings and be aware that Voldemort is involved in one of the most... er, disturbing sexual encounters I've ever read.

Re: Too right!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

More disturbing than Voldemort/Trevor? ;)

[somniesperus.livejournal.com]

Canon Voldemort = boring as hell, possibly lamest villain ever

Fanon Voldemort = somehow capable of sustaining interest after the first few sentences

Yeah, I think you called it. *G*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

While it's too bad that JFK didn't get it right, I feel pretty darned proud that the fans have improved the character!

[ntamara.livejournal.com]

oh god yes on the Halleluja, one of my favorite snapledore (and snoldemort, in the immortal words of hp_femme)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes. I can't wait to get back to work today so I can read the rest of it!