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First recording of a small project I am trying to start! Decided to start with a short poem from one of my favourite writers. It is believed this poem came to him after a nightmare, and it would forever define his writing and the horror genre.

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What made you state that Voldemort didn't hate Merope? He was so disappointed when found Gaunt's hovel, and deceived Morfin.

Disappointment is not hate, is it? You're only disappointed in people some part of you has/had a strong regard for.

As with every other emotion of Voldemort's, his emotions towards the Gaunts are very complex, and Merope and possibly Marvolo are distinct from Morfin in his mind.

I'll follow this post with a longer essay soon.

[maxdibert]

Why aren't the Malfoys and Blacks ugly like the Gaunts? They married relatives too.

Because genetics doesn't work the same way for everyone. All royal families in Europe have suffered from inbreeding, some ended up with serious health problems in their descendants, others didn’t. Genetic lottery, folks.

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okay actually screw anon, it's very funny bcs i was in a quiet "what if merope survived and raised tom and he wasn't all that crazy (but still crazy though) and man wHAT IF HIM AND SEVERUS WERE THE SAME AGE" era and nobody talks about that, it's t!marry all around with the same age aus and i personally never felt drawn to t!marry for many reasons, but mostly bcs harry's entire bond to voldy was imposed on him. he didn't want that shit. meanwhile, severus actively sought voldemort out. he was seduced by the concept of voldemort, by his power, his intelligence, his promise of greatness. severus chose voldemort, surely admired him and surely his loyalty was sincere before lily was endangered. and voldemort had a soft spot for him!! he must've seen so much of himself in severus i can only imagine what he must've said to lure severus in. tomerus is so interesting to me bcs both elements were clearly well aligned with each other, even with the HUGE age gap...... how much more they would've clicked if they were the same age and realized they have so much in common in background and interests???? i'm convinced tom would've had the same soft spot for sev. and sev would've gotten himself a very devoted and obsessive psychopath boyfriend 💞 anyways i have a lot of feelings for tomerus and your posts have sustained my obsession this last month thank you so much for your service 🙏

AAAAAHHHH I'm screaming happy over here, my first question and it's amazing. I'm glad you liked my Tomerus posts I feel so happy when someone likes them 😭.

And Merope surviving, same age au Tomerus has been in my brain too I just needed to organize it before posting anything about it because Tom's entire character would change. I think if Merope lived he wouldn't have made horcrux because I think his fear of death comes from living in a defenseless orphanage at war. Merope would be at his side at those moments and he would feel more protected. The whole fear of death, horcrux thing would be prevented this way. I also think (as j*r confirmed) Tom would feel love and that alone is the biggest change of his char. Another thing is Tom probably would still have a psychopath tendency (if he didn't then who would he be lol). So with this au I could see them being childhood friends. Eileen with Tobias in the muggle world and Merope wouldn't return home with Tom because Gaunts was like Blacks with blood purity thing. So Merope would find a cheap place to live and a few years later after Tobias lost his job and became an alcoholic, Snape family would end up there too. Merope and Eileen would end up as friends, Pureblood running from home, halfblood son etc. With that Tom and Sev would grow together. Tom would be protective of his small family, and the only reason he wouldn't be protective of Eileen is because he would hate how she doesn't leave Tobias and let Severus get hurt (not that how I see Sev and Eileen's relationship but that's for another time). So Merope and Severus would be the most dear person to Tom. And Severus, well Severus would thrive at affection Tom and Merope have for him. When they go to Hogwarts Tom and Severus would always be together, every time they learn something new they would tell each other and teach each other, two halfbloods in Slytherin so they would try their best (and Tom would scare anyone who tries to hurt Severus.) Severus will probably be the first one to realize his feelings and keep it secret and Tom would think of Severus as just his brother (lol sure boy). Life would keep going when Tom opens the chamber he would tell it Severus and his mother, he wouldn't keep any secrets from Severus and the person he would trust most would become him. He also would feel so proud of how smart Severus is and spend most of his time speaking with him. As they grew he would start to become so possessive of Severus, he would glare at people who look at Severus and whisper about him (I think Merope would look after Severus so people in school would find him attractive as he grows up unlike canon). He would get jealous and when he sees Severus kiss someone he probably would lose it. And make it all bad it would be a boy because Severus wants to figure out his sexuality. Tom would all act sad manipulative how could you not tell me bla bla and say I could be better than them why not kiss me and Severus would go "???" Then he would get kissed by him. (Damn this is long sorry) Anyway Tom would find other ways to grow in power he may have cult again but won't obsess about killing muggles, he could become minister of magic and he would make everyone to give Severus the same respect in ministry and his little cult. He also would be the one to gain money for the family and Severus would just enjoy making his potions create spells and do experiments. He could have a job just to spend time. And the best thing is Nagini and Severus would be bestie and make fun of Tom as much as they can (Tom: I still don't understand how you guys do that without understanding each other) anyway I love this au and I hope someone write a fic about because I really sucks at writing or I would do million of Tomerus already 😭😭.

I also want to talk about V and Severus's relationship. Just like you said, I don't think Severus was a fanboy like regulus but he certainly was impressed and respected Voldemort because Severus is someone who admires intelligence and knowledge. There's this fact the only people who could fly without broom are Severus and Voldemort. Severus might have learned by himself after seeing it (he's a smart boy) but I chose to believe Voldemort personally taught him because he liked smart people and Severus was one. And I think they had conversations, they talked about all the dark arts and inventions Severus made. They spend time together. Also V treating him a little more special than others made Severus not afraid of asking for spare Lily's life and that makes me crazy. I don't think Voldemort would do it for any other person maybe Bellatrix but she wouldn't ever ask that. He was going to kill Lily's son and even if she's just one person he wouldn't let someone like that exist, someone who could become a danger. Overall their relationship is so good and I'm glad you like it too. Thank you for the question love🧡

(sorry if there are confusing parts English isn't my first language so I might mix some words.)

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I found it. I found GAUNT MANOR