I don't think people realize that if a piece of media no longer brings you joy you can just stop engaging with it.

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I'll preface this by saying it's been a hot minute since I read the books, so there might be an easy answer and I'll be mildly ashamed but better informed.

But I don't see how Tom Riddle could have publicly (but covertly) announced the Heir of Slytherin was the one siccing the basilisk on muggleborns back in the 1940s and also claimed his heritage as a descendant of Slytherin, even if only within Slytherin house.

You're telling me that there wasn't a single Slytherin who wasn't under Tom's thumb or enamoured of him -- even for two consecutive hours -- who wouldn't have immediately ratted him out as part of a power play? Or who wouldn't have used it as blackmail at some point?

(And maybe it's fanon that he told the Knights of Walpurgis that he was the Heir of Slytherin? But I believe the implication was that Tom's change of status in his house is in large part because of the discovery of his ancestry.)

I know there's probably a "what happens in Slytherin stays in Slytherin" mentality at play, and the Heir of Slytherin means something significant to this group in particular, and that this is far from the only inconsistency regarding Tom's adolescence, and we've got a couple pretty unreliable narrators/interpreters presenting Tom's past.

But I simply cannot fathom that every single stuffy, bigoted pureblood in that house cowtowed to Tom, that upstart, no-name mudblood (well, halfblood) for the more than two years before he graduated. They all had two months away from Hogwarts shortly after Myrtle's death, too, during which they could have spread the information and made it more difficult for Tom to pin down who tattled. They have the power, due to their names and wealth -- with the correct pressure on the right person, Tom might have had his wand snapped and never returned to Hogwarts to take vengeance on them.

If he's ruling through fear while maintaining the perfect reputation facade, that's bound to create friction with whichever knight is on the outs at any particular time. Piss off enough people and at least one of them is bound to try to bite back, no matter how powerful Tom is nor how ill-advised the course of action.

If they're all so in awe of him that they wouldn't think to move against him, then why not assist him with a job or support after Hogwarts? It must pinch the purebloods to worship a lord who's working retail in the shady part of town for a pittance.

I dunno. I have issues with Tom's intelligence being very "told to the reader" rather than "shown." Whether as Tom or as Voldemort, he makes plenty of bad plans and decisions and sets up a lot of Batman gambits that work out for plot convenience as much as (or more than) the characters acting in-character. But this point in particular rankles because it could -- and should, based on the players -- fall apart so easily.

Which is a Hozier song.

Which means the music is also in charge of me.

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David Bowie.

sloppy drawing because I HAD to get this out of my system or I would explode

About to start crying on the train because this time I'm doing it right and using coping skills even if it's hard and so I left the house and took the train to go see my friends and tell them I'm not doing okay and I'm scared and I'm sad and it worked because they love me anyway and they will love me through it and they won't leave me and if I lose everything else I will still have them and they will still love me then so it will never be all bad

Echo isn't apart of the wttmv anymore, right? Does that mean that they died and that's why they are not active of much...?

Fjzpgjfmgb Echo didn't die !! I'm pretty sure she's well alive and all fine !

No, no X)

Kimu and Echo just decided to separate from our group and not work on the project anymore

They have started a new project with other friends and want to work on it more, and that's all there is to it !

Timelord and Scripter are still characters that exist in the multiverse, and our characters will know who they are

It's just that they aren't part of the cast of wttmv anymore (we managed to patch up the lore holes that it caused, so no worry, the story is fine, everyone is fine !)

I encourage to keep up with what Kimu and Echo are up too cause their stuff are really cool and who wouldn't want two cakes ! Enjoy both their project and ours to your heart content !

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