You wouldn't think so – because she is very good at turning away, and very good at training herself not to listen too closely – but every time somebody says his name (and those moments never go unnoticed because saying his name has power in itself) Ginny feels it. The first two, three times she flinched. Voldemort and the school corridors fill with its whisper. It's just a name just a name just a name she repeats but of course it's not. No name is just a name. (Tom taught you that.) And this name is less of a just a name than any other Ginny has ever heard.
(Ginevra, Tom calls her, you know what having that name means, don't you, Ginny?
No. What does it means?
It means you'll betray the hero of this story.
But Ginny looks into Tom's dark and pure eyes and, who is the hero of the story? she wonders.)
Of course it matters. This is the name Tom chose for himself. Tom who defied fate the same way Voldemort embraces it. Only Ginny seems to know the difference and she keeps it in her pocket, a secret because there's a sick delight in thinking you know nothing about him. Of course it matters because Voldemort is not just a name it is the absence of Tom. Only Ginny realizes this – it makes her feel special. (like Tom did, or maybe he never stopped)
And they say how Harry Potter feels it every time the Dark Lord kills someone.
Ginny feels it every time old, perpetually-young-and-golden Tom Riddle still breathes inside the simple carcass that is Voldemort. Whatever it is – the last traces of a soul, or maybe her own delusion – it will not let go off her. The Ginny she is now is not the Ginny that was Tom's then. Never mind, she is still Tom's. That Ginny and this Ginny, they have that in common.
There's a reason for this. When Tom said forever he meant it.
(her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever and it has always sounded like a promise to her, even though she wrote it herself)
That has not has changed; all around her edges Ginny is aware of the words – the name – and it's as if she is still waiting.
But then he realizes: Harry is part of that too, there's a part of Harry that, like her, will always slip away from him, she understands this, she is drawn to this. Harry is part of the Dark Lord through prophecy and blood and will.
Then the war starts and everybody learns to say his name, they practice to keep away the fear. voldemort voldemort voldemort voldemort voldemort they go.
Ginny mimics them but under her breath she always says tom tom tom.
(it means you will betray–
Ginny has already made her choice. There was no choice.)
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tom riddle/ginny weasley - two names
Date: 2010-11-25 01:20 am (UTC)(Ginevra, Tom calls her, you know what having that name means, don't you, Ginny?
No. What does it means?
It means you'll betray the hero of this story.
But Ginny looks into Tom's dark and pure eyes and, who is the hero of the story? she wonders.)
Of course it matters. This is the name Tom chose for himself. Tom who defied fate the same way Voldemort embraces it. Only Ginny seems to know the difference and she keeps it in her pocket, a secret because there's a sick delight in thinking you know nothing about him. Of course it matters because Voldemort is not just a name it is the absence of Tom. Only Ginny realizes this – it makes her feel special. (like Tom did, or maybe he never stopped)
And they say how Harry Potter feels it every time the Dark Lord kills someone.
Ginny feels it every time old, perpetually-young-and-golden Tom Riddle still breathes inside the simple carcass that is Voldemort. Whatever it is – the last traces of a soul, or maybe her own delusion – it will not let go off her. The Ginny she is now is not the Ginny that was Tom's then. Never mind, she is still Tom's. That Ginny and this Ginny, they have that in common.
There's a reason for this. When Tom said forever he meant it.
(her skeleton will lie in the chamber forever and it has always sounded like a promise to her, even though she wrote it herself)
That has not has changed; all around her edges Ginny is aware of the words – the name – and it's as if she is still waiting.
But then he realizes: Harry is part of that too, there's a part of Harry that, like her, will always slip away from him, she understands this, she is drawn to this. Harry is part of the Dark Lord through prophecy and blood and will.
Then the war starts and everybody learns to say his name, they practice to keep away the fear. voldemort voldemort voldemort voldemort voldemort they go.
Ginny mimics them but under her breath she always says tom tom tom.
(it means you will betray–
Ginny has already made her choice. There was no choice.)