Harry: Look, Tom, I found us this spooky Muggle movie to watch! It's called "The Ring."
Tom: *looking it up* It's about... a cursed video that kills you a week after you watch it. And they show the cursed video in the movie?!
Harry, shrugging: And?
Tom: Harry, I am going to say this as nicely as I can. Throw that blasted movie straight into the fire.
I'm just not convinced that Tom Riddle and Regulus Black weren't a "thing" at one point. How else do you get a dude's necklace off him without him noticing?
16-year-old Tom Riddle: Do you know anything about horcruxes? Specifically, how to create them?
Slughorn: Horcruxes? What is this for?
Tom Riddle: Fun.
Harry: I hope no one lowkey hates me... Highkey hate me. Hate me with every fiber of your being. Go big or go home! Voldemort does it right!
Hermione & Ron:
Hermione & Ron: Harry-
Tom Riddle: *Looks into the camera like the office* I just want to keep my last remaining family safe! It' a dangerous world out there! Dark Wizards scattered about!
Erebus Gaunt (OC): I am /literally/ a necromancer.
Snape returning to Voldemort's service post book 4: My Lord, ever since your disappearance I have been by Dumbledore's side working as a teacher at Hogwarts and gathering valuable information which I believe-
Voldemort: You've been a teacher at Hogwarts since 1981?
Snape: Yes, my Lord. And I have-
Voldemort: I see. So when YOU apply to a teaching post when you're barely out of school everyone's fine with it but Merlin forbid I do it. To say nothing of the 10 years of unique experience I brought the second time I applied. What did you say in your interview? What's your secret???