Lyra Black

Color me a skeptic when I come across depictions of Tom as this stoic, stone-cold ice prince of Slytherin.

That was what he tried to project himself as, but at his core, Tom Marvolo Riddle is like a ripe fruit, almost about to burst with pent-up emotions.

I fully endorse the headcanon that deep down, Tom takes after the Gaunts more than the Riddles.

He did a grand job aping their distinguished disposition and glacial aura (his aristocratic looks helped too), but scratch the surface, and he's a Gaunt, a slave to his passions.

Apathy is not his Achilles heel. Avarice and arrogance are.

He's not immune to emotions. On the contrary, he's at their mercy. He's not the type to hide his emotions for long. At the first opportunity, he will make sure the world knows about his feelings, whether it wants to or not. Have you seen him monologue his entire life story and unresolved daddy and mummy issues to his prophesied enemy?

There’s nothing measured, controlled, or austere in my Tom.

He is prone to excess. Just as his Gaunt forefathers thoughtlessly squandered their immense wealth, he too wasted his brilliance, his genius, and his remarkable talent and shredded his soul to pieces in the pursuit of immortality.

This man pined for 10 years but didn't do anything until Emily was comfortable. He was okay with being friends if she refused. He offered to give her his true name. He wanted to show her everything in his realm but offered to let her go back to the human world if she missed it. He prioritised her happiness over everything else!!

meanwhile Wendell:

i love you

btw i’m healing your dog

hope you’re ok with that my dear

not eating breakfast? haha you are now

you drink your tea black, right? right.

yup for definite i will write a foreword for your book! no problem! i’ll happily endorse your work!

also when you go to hrafnsvik… where are you staying? exactly?

…no reason

just need to know where to send the letters haha

yes i’m sending you letters

and a drawing i did of you. i really miss you ok

i’ve enchanted it to be fire proof for when you inevitably get annoyed i took a week long boat trip to follow you and throw the letter in the hearth

yup i’ve loved you for about a decade but that’s chill

will you marry me?

lol yeah i’m not kidding. will you marry me.

you’ll need to come live with me in my faerie kingdom haha

yes or no it’s fine hAHA EITHER WAY—

no pressure!! take your time!!

but yes i am wholeheartedly serious.

i love you.

emily please my heart is yours.

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