Well, of course a unicorn is a monster! If Mozart could be a monster, then why not a unicorn? But I wasn't aware of this heraldic sense of the word. I was going back to the Latin - monstro = show; thus, a sign, a portent, a freak of nature. But thanks for the extended definition; it's neat to learn this stuff! ;)
About the issue that really bothers me with Riddle: How could she insist that it is our choices that make us what we are, and then show us a child who is a monster (in whatever sense) practically from birth? - I think she may actually be mushy-minded. I think her real concern is with Severus and Harry, and then with minor characters like Draco and Ron and so on, who must all make choices. Voldemort exists to be the evil figure they must either oppose or succumb to. It would be nice if she did manage to do something to humanize him, but I'm not at all hopeful that she will.
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Date: 2006-12-14 02:40 am (UTC)About the issue that really bothers me with Riddle: How could she insist that it is our choices that make us what we are, and then show us a child who is a monster (in whatever sense) practically from birth? - I think she may actually be mushy-minded. I think her real concern is with Severus and Harry, and then with minor characters like Draco and Ron and so on, who must all make choices. Voldemort exists to be the evil figure they must either oppose or succumb to. It would be nice if she did manage to do something to humanize him, but I'm not at all hopeful that she will.