The REAL Reason Voldemort Became EVIL - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 20 January 2024

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Tom Marvolo Riddle was born at Wool's Orphanage on New Years eve, 1926 to Merope Gaunt, a pure-blood witch and the daughter of Marvolo Gaunt.-

Tragically, Merope died shortly after Riddle was born, the result of a broken heart. Abandoned by the man that she loved and suffering complications from childbirth paired with starvation and/or hypothermia, Merope no longer had any desire to live, and made no attempts to utilize magic to save her own life.

In interviews conducted AFTER the series ended, JK Rowling opens up the possibility of Voldemort LOVING something, someone. She said it herself, if Merope had survived and been there to raise him, then there's a very good chance that he COULD have loved. This means that he was never quite as emotionally incapable as other canon suggests.

So my question is..If the transformation of Tom Riddle in to Voldemort could have been avoided by some love and care, then what on earth happened to him at the orphanage? I suppose it's possible that he simply needed the love and care of his mother- but, weren't the caregivers at the orphanage good to Tom? Or, was it actually Tom's upbringing that was directly responsible for creating the monster that tore apart the Wizarding World?

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory YouTube channel.
0:10.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another instalment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:19.0	Tom Marvola Riddle was born at Wool's Orphanage on New Year's Eve
0:22.9	1926 to Merrippi Gaunt, a pure blood witch and the daughter of Marvolo Gaunt. Tragically,
0:30.1	Merripy died shortly after Riddle was born, the result of a broken heart. Abandoned by the man
0:35.7	that she loved and suffering complications from childbirth,
0:39.2	paired with starvation and or hypothermia, Meripi no longer had any desire to live, and made
0:45.2	no attempts to utilize magic to save her own life.
0:49.0	Merripe refused to raise her wand even to save her own life.
0:52.7	She wouldn't even stay alive for her son.
0:55.0	Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. Could you possibly be feeling sorry for Lord Voldemort?
0:59.5	No, said Harry quickly, but she had a choice, didn't she? Not like my mother. Your mother
1:04.8	had a choice too, said Dumbledore gently. Yes, Mary P Riddle chose death in spite of a son
1:10.0	who needed her, but do not judge her
1:12.0	too harshly, Harry.
1:13.7	She was greatly weakened by long-suffering, and she never had your mother's courage.
1:18.9	Merripe's death meant that she was never there for Tom, and because of this he grew up without
1:22.9	any concept or notion of love, something that many considered to be a lasting effect of the
1:28.1	love potion that Merrippi had used on Tom's father, Tom Riddle Sr. And it's Voldemort's
1:34.0	inability to feel love that is widely perceived to have catalyzed his path of villainy.
1:39.9	Many believe that, thanks to his mother and father, Voldemort was, in a way, destined for evil.
1:45.8	I've seen it posted and stated just about everywhere that Voldemort is fundamentally incapable
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