Tom Marvolo Riddle
canonically insane
was unwillingly defeated by a baby
literally one of the worst DADA professors to ever teach hogwarts
only has seven horcruxes
has never outsmarted dumbledore even once
fails to kill even a single child
has never once attempted to be good
became evil unironically
no animagus
never learned from his and others' mistakes
malds like a man child whenever he loses
whole identity was lord voldemort
only two known aliases
had to share custody over quirell's body
was immediately sussed out by literally everyone when possessing quirrell
"Harry Potter, the boy who lived...come to die." - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Tom Morfin Riddle
canonically the only sane person in HPatMoR (not including HJPEV for obvious reasons)
willingly defeated by a baby because he was bored and lonely
literally the best DADA professor to ever teach hogwarts
has over a hundred horcruxes
constantly and consistently outsmarts dumbledore on the daily
actually manages to kill a child and get away with it
genuinely tried to become a good person
chose to become evil because he ironically liked it more than being good
is a snake animagus
made a list of rules at age 13 he would follow so he wouldn't make the same mistakes as past dark lords
studied martial arts at a muggle dojo in Asia, achieving 6th dan, where he learned the attitude of losing
casually freed a country from another dark lord, just because
devised a plot to take political power by staging conflict between a hero and a dark lord, both parts being played by himself
uses the identity of david monroe (whom he killed in 1945) as a heroic persona
created the persona of lord voldemort (a crude, cliché, senselessly cruel, blood purist with a scary appearance and cheesy name(s) for himself and his followers the death eaters) as a trial run, but accidentally wins too easily against the ministry so he gives up the idea of a more competent villain
at least five known aliases
could have seized power more quickly and silently, but enjoyed playing dumbledore too much to care
the first wizard to go to space via Pioneer 11's golden plaque (as a horcrux)
had complete control over quirrell's body
was sussed out by literally no one throughout his whole teaching career
"Killing idiots is my great joy in life, and I’ll thank you not to speak ill of it until you’ve tried it for yourself." - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Tom Marvolo Riddle < Tom Morfin Riddle
