That would make sense. But according to another chapter, Dumbledore checked with the office of international magical cooperation, and there's some evidence the Voldemort-killing-everyone thing happened. So he might have made it up, but apparently he wanted people to believe it.
For some reason, I fixated on this particular point, I'm not sure why.
I think, I know EY worked some things out as he went along, but I assumed he intended Q and V to be roles played by Riddle as soon as he started writing Q or Dumbledore, or so much else wouldn't make sense. But that means, when Q was telling the story, EY must have known there were two people, so it seems like he must have had *something* in mind. It's plausible he forgot and added the comment about Dumbledore finding corroborating evidence later.
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Date: 2016-02-22 09:34 pm (UTC)For some reason, I fixated on this particular point, I'm not sure why.
I think, I know EY worked some things out as he went along, but I assumed he intended Q and V to be roles played by Riddle as soon as he started writing Q or Dumbledore, or so much else wouldn't make sense. But that means, when Q was telling the story, EY must have known there were two people, so it seems like he must have had *something* in mind. It's plausible he forgot and added the comment about Dumbledore finding corroborating evidence later.