• threelonmusketeers
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    Likes: snakes, magic, & death

    Voldemort likes death? Wasn’t Tom Riddle’s fear of death the main instigation which lead to him to, y’know, become Voldemort?

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      I forget, how does Medusa work? Do you turn to stone when she looks at you, or when you look at her?

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          It’s a metaphor for the intellect. A hundred competing thoughts, like writhing snakes. You are frozen by indecision.

          But that’s mythology for you. Literalised metaphors and vice versa.

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          Voldemort seems to be doing exactly that in this comic, with no ill effects. I wonder if he has some sort of immunity due to being a parselmouth…

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            Likely the horcruxes. Or, getting turned to stone is a euphemism and voldemort is impotent due to his experiments, which we do have some evidence for.

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          She had sex with Poseidon (or was raped by him) in Athena’s temple so Athena cursed her. But her parents were gods so I don’t think she was without power before she was cursed. Even if she was mortal.