Voldemort Going Bad - Coincidental? Don't Think So...

[[deleted user]]

Have you ever wondered who was truly responsible for Voldemort "going bad?" Arguably, there are many possible causes of his later actions. What do you think? Why?

[[deleted user]]

I think Tom was tortured as a boy by the fact that neither of his parents were there to take care of him. No one had taught him right from wrong, and he got mixed up with the wrong sort of people. This led to his devilish tricks that he played on the other children at the orphanage, setting him up to cause mass destruction and universal terror.

[Naomi]

He was born bad, nothing else to say.

[Lyss, Head Warlock of the Wizengamot, Head of Gryffindor]

Hmm....Well, looking at his uncle and grandfather, being bad was definately in his blo9od, but I also think it had a lot to do with his up bringing.

[[deleted user]]

I think it was a mix of his upbringing and his ancestors who were also bad. neither did much to help him find the right path.

Might i also add that upbringing isnt everything, i mean look at Harry he didnt exactly get the best care living with the Dursleys (sp?) but he still turned out a good kid

[Lyss, Head Warlock of the Wizengamot, Head of Gryffindor]

Very true! I think it was just a bad combination.

[[deleted user]]

yeah me too

[Bad Wolf]

Some people are just like that. Maybe he doesn't like muggles because his dad was one, and, what do ya know? He deserted him (well, sort of) and his mom.

[Naomi]

True.

[~Ivy Directioner Curl~]

Plus the Unicorn blood remember? Its caused his life to be cursed forever. If he hadnt drank it, he could have recovered again.

[Bad Wolf]

or as "recovered" as Voldemort could be.

[~Ivy Directioner Curl~]

Well yes i guess, but he wouldnt have tried to kill millions of people im sure.

[Isadore]

gaunt instability + muggle father + mother who would not save her son + plenty of victims in orphanage and hogwarts + brilliant mind + ambition = a MURDERER!!! Voldy's gone moldy!!!

[Naomi]

I like the way you said that :)

[Isadore]

thanks :)

[[deleted user]]

yeah, that about sums it up :) i also think it was his upbringing too though. he was always looked down upon as a kid, so when he was older, he wanted to be someone big. he was looked down upon, making Tom mad at them, so he played tricks on them to show he was something, but scaring people at the same time. he wasn't really taught otherwise, and by the time dumbldore got there, it was too late. Tom found out about horcruxes, leading him almmost immortal, and to make a horcrux, you have to kill people so maybe it became like a "second nature" to him.