#like he realllly wants to murder someone but he knows Harry would be sad about it

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sometimes, people are like ‘tom would die for harry if it came down to it’ or ‘tom would die for [insert character]’…. like it’s so stereotypical. Voldemort ENTIRE arc in the books is that he’s immortal and won’t love. why do you have to make him this selfless character who would love someone so fiercely that he would face his worst fear for them. This man made 7 horcruxes. SEVEN. a sane man would Never do that and for people to reduce him and fit him into the box of ‘love conquers all fears’ and push it onto the SINGULAR character in the whole series who doesn’t love is just… bad. and terribly cliché.

it’s more in-character if he’s written as the selfish, rotten man who puts himself above literally everyone else. like this man is not facing death for anyone sorry.