This is just an odd thought that popped into my head, but why is EVERYONE so afraid to say Voldemort's name?
For the older wizards, yeah I get it, he was killing people left and right and there was nothing the government could do about it. For their kids, I sort of get it, since they were raised in that sort of an environment.
Half bloods... maybe. Their magical parent probably warned them about it, but their muggleparents would have no reference for it. At worst they wouldn't intervene about it, and most they would probably say it was silly to be afraid of a name, and there were far worse people in history that we never feared speaking their names.
Muggleborns.... what's their excuse? They have no idea who this Voldemort guy is, and he's been dead for years at this point. Why are they so scared to say his name? He might be the wizarding equivalent to the Boogeyman, but by the time they find out about it, the Boogeyman has probably ceased to be anything but an embarrassing memory for many of them, if not all of them.
Is Voldemort a major subject that is still talked about frequently even after a decade? So often that its nearly impossible to avoid a conversation without mentioning him, and triggering the reaction?
Is it a conspiracy? Do the Death Eaters make an effort to incite terror in him after years of nothing? If so, why isn't Albus, who encourages people to say his name, not doing something about it?
Is it the circumstances of his fall? Are they afraid that he's still out there? This doesn't really do anything about the Muggleborn aspect of it.
Just something that popped into my head at work, and wanted to hear what other people thought about it. So, thoughts?
For the older wizards, yeah I get it, he was killing people left and right and there was nothing the government could do about it. For their kids, I sort of get it, since they were raised in that sort of an environment.
Half bloods... maybe. Their magical parent probably warned them about it, but their muggleparents would have no reference for it. At worst they wouldn't intervene about it, and most they would probably say it was silly to be afraid of a name, and there were far worse people in history that we never feared speaking their names.
Muggleborns.... what's their excuse? They have no idea who this Voldemort guy is, and he's been dead for years at this point. Why are they so scared to say his name? He might be the wizarding equivalent to the Boogeyman, but by the time they find out about it, the Boogeyman has probably ceased to be anything but an embarrassing memory for many of them, if not all of them.
Is Voldemort a major subject that is still talked about frequently even after a decade? So often that its nearly impossible to avoid a conversation without mentioning him, and triggering the reaction?
Is it a conspiracy? Do the Death Eaters make an effort to incite terror in him after years of nothing? If so, why isn't Albus, who encourages people to say his name, not doing something about it?
Is it the circumstances of his fall? Are they afraid that he's still out there? This doesn't really do anything about the Muggleborn aspect of it.
Just something that popped into my head at work, and wanted to hear what other people thought about it. So, thoughts?