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Yes, spoilers though, but I don't actually think that explains it. Are there any indications in cannon that Tom Riddle was ever interested in polyamory? I'm pre
by Vecr 4y ago
Yes, spoilers though, but I don't actually think that explains it. Are there any indications in cannon that Tom Riddle was ever interested in polyamory? I'm pretty sure voldemort is not interested in other people at all after his soul gets all divided, but I don't know about before that. Riddle is not from the US west coast either, so it's kind of dubious.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoI don't think the story is trying to take the characters from cannon, but take the world and completely reimagine the characters. The original characters just serve as foils for their reimagined versions. I never really understood complaints about fanfic authors not sticking to cannon character traits. Isn't the point to create new stories that are loosely linked to the original? Anyway, HPMOR is more pop philosophy novel/religious text that attaches itself to a well known world for publicity than any traditional sort of fan fiction.
- Vecr 4y agoI guess so. As I said before it's essentially a morality story, but in that sense I think it's evidence for the author having a bias toward polyamory, because there's very little or no in-universe reasons, and there's no broad social acceptance problem in not having polyamory mentioned at all. As an example, I think there would be social acceptance problems if the story had no women or clothing in it. Polyamory is no where near that level.