It's confirmed a bit later that this is indeed Salazar. Monkey-like! Somehow this detail seems to have escaped Founder-fic.
He's the only Founder we even have a vague description of, but yeah, the monkey-like is funny. Perhaps JKR means to suggest he's got a shrewd look to him? Though what does it say about the man that he hid a giant statue of himself in the *basement*?
And there's nothing Tom/V likes better than a loooooong story.
Bond Villian Disease. It's terminal, one way or another.
'[...]On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless but so brave, school Prefect, model student[...]' (229-230)
I could have sworn Head Boy was in that list too, but I guess not. Though it *still* doesn't say a lot about Hogwarts ability to select student leaders, if we look at who gets the Prefect job.
but does this suggest to anyone else that Lockhart was Muggle-born?
Oh, good thought. Though 'Gilderoy' seems an unlikely name for a Muggleborn. Maybe a halfblood?
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Date: 2004-11-08 01:30 pm (UTC)He's the only Founder we even have a vague description of, but yeah, the monkey-like is funny. Perhaps JKR means to suggest he's got a shrewd look to him? Though what does it say about the man that he hid a giant statue of himself in the *basement*?
And there's nothing Tom/V likes better than a loooooong story.
Bond Villian Disease. It's terminal, one way or another.
'[...]On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless but so brave, school Prefect, model student[...]' (229-230)
I could have sworn Head Boy was in that list too, but I guess not. Though it *still* doesn't say a lot about Hogwarts ability to select student leaders, if we look at who gets the Prefect job.
but does this suggest to anyone else that Lockhart was Muggle-born?
Oh, good thought. Though 'Gilderoy' seems an unlikely name for a Muggleborn. Maybe a halfblood?