4219: The Riddle Twins - Theadora Riddle
Title: The Riddle Twins
Perpetrator: TheLostSoulsAtSea
Sue-O-Meter: Bad
Cover/Banner Art: None
Summary: “Tom Riddle didn't grow up alone. Bullied together all their lives, Thomas and Theodora Riddle resolved to find their family, a place where they would belong. 50 years later Theodora Riddle is still haunted by what her brother became, hiding away as a muggle, Theodore hasn't touched her wand in years. Until Albus Dumbledore comes to bring her back to the wizarding world.”
Full Name: Theadora Riddle
Species: Teacher and twin
Hair: unknown
Eyes: unknown
Markings: unknown
Possessions: She owns a shop called Beadle and the Bard Bookshop located in Bilbury.
Connection to Canon: She’s Tom Riddle’s twin. We meet her long after the bullying events, but find out she doesn’t blame Harry when Dumbledore approaches her. In the second chapter we find out she is to be the DADA teacher simply because she “graduated Hogwarts with an O”.
Origin: The writer has an interesting idea.
Special Abilities: Theodora has no depth. She the kind of character the reader needs to know more about, yet we learn nothing except for what the writer tells us.
Notes: This is different. Have we had a story where Tom has a twin before? Given Tom’s inability to love, does this idea work? That’s my thoughts going in.
Sample:
Growing up, all we ever wanted was a family, someone who cared for us and would be there for us. Someone who wouldn't call us freaks and lock us up. But people change, and Tom did. Having our father reject us was the last straw for him. I say it drove him crazy, well crazier than he already he was…"
Tom Riddle didn't grow up alone. Bullied together all their lives, Thomas and Theodora Riddle resolved to find their family, a place where they would belong. But people change and 50 years later Theodora Riddle is still haunted by what her brother became, hiding away as a muggle, Theodore hasn't touched her wand in years. Until Albus Dumbledore comes to bring her back to the wizarding world.
Chapter One:
The Beadle and the Bard Bookshop had been on the main street of Bibury, Gloucestershire for nearly fifty years. The store front was ageing, with the pale brown paint peeling, and the metal letters of the store name were close to falling off, with the K already having done so. Inside the bookshop was painted a calm green, with rows and rows of dark oak bookshelves all filled with books. In each of the corners of the bookstore there were a few comfy armchairs and a table, as some of the villagers would come in to read a book and have a cup of tea. A young girl was sorting out some of the books when a voice called out from the counter.
"Harriet! It's nearly six now, I think I can manage closing up tonight, you get back to your mother." The young girl, Harriet, looked down at her watch.
"Thank you, Miss Riddle." Harriet called out. She grabbed her coat and bag from the coat rack by the room and slipped out the door. "I'll see you tomorrow!".
"Yes, wish your mother well for me." Miss Riddle said as she walked from the counter to the window to watch Harriet walk away.
Miss Riddle had owned The Beadle and the Bard Bookshop for nearly forty years. She was an old woman, with long black hair that had specks of grey. She often wore it in a simple bun. She glanced to her side and jumped as she saw an old man standing in the middle of her shop. She scowled deeply as she recognized who it was. "What one earth are you doing here!" She demanded. "You could have been seen." She hurried and closed the curtains before moving round and closing the others on the side of the store. The old man just looked around at the empty bookstore and raised an eyebrow.
By who?" He asked.
Perpetrator: TheLostSoulsAtSea
Sue-O-Meter: Bad
Cover/Banner Art: None
Summary: “Tom Riddle didn't grow up alone. Bullied together all their lives, Thomas and Theodora Riddle resolved to find their family, a place where they would belong. 50 years later Theodora Riddle is still haunted by what her brother became, hiding away as a muggle, Theodore hasn't touched her wand in years. Until Albus Dumbledore comes to bring her back to the wizarding world.”
Full Name: Theadora Riddle
Species: Teacher and twin
Hair: unknown
Eyes: unknown
Markings: unknown
Possessions: She owns a shop called Beadle and the Bard Bookshop located in Bilbury.
Connection to Canon: She’s Tom Riddle’s twin. We meet her long after the bullying events, but find out she doesn’t blame Harry when Dumbledore approaches her. In the second chapter we find out she is to be the DADA teacher simply because she “graduated Hogwarts with an O”.
Origin: The writer has an interesting idea.
Special Abilities: Theodora has no depth. She the kind of character the reader needs to know more about, yet we learn nothing except for what the writer tells us.
Notes: This is different. Have we had a story where Tom has a twin before? Given Tom’s inability to love, does this idea work? That’s my thoughts going in.
Sample:
Growing up, all we ever wanted was a family, someone who cared for us and would be there for us. Someone who wouldn't call us freaks and lock us up. But people change, and Tom did. Having our father reject us was the last straw for him. I say it drove him crazy, well crazier than he already he was…"
Tom Riddle didn't grow up alone. Bullied together all their lives, Thomas and Theodora Riddle resolved to find their family, a place where they would belong. But people change and 50 years later Theodora Riddle is still haunted by what her brother became, hiding away as a muggle, Theodore hasn't touched her wand in years. Until Albus Dumbledore comes to bring her back to the wizarding world.
Chapter One:
The Beadle and the Bard Bookshop had been on the main street of Bibury, Gloucestershire for nearly fifty years. The store front was ageing, with the pale brown paint peeling, and the metal letters of the store name were close to falling off, with the K already having done so. Inside the bookshop was painted a calm green, with rows and rows of dark oak bookshelves all filled with books. In each of the corners of the bookstore there were a few comfy armchairs and a table, as some of the villagers would come in to read a book and have a cup of tea. A young girl was sorting out some of the books when a voice called out from the counter.
"Harriet! It's nearly six now, I think I can manage closing up tonight, you get back to your mother." The young girl, Harriet, looked down at her watch.
"Thank you, Miss Riddle." Harriet called out. She grabbed her coat and bag from the coat rack by the room and slipped out the door. "I'll see you tomorrow!".
"Yes, wish your mother well for me." Miss Riddle said as she walked from the counter to the window to watch Harriet walk away.
Miss Riddle had owned The Beadle and the Bard Bookshop for nearly forty years. She was an old woman, with long black hair that had specks of grey. She often wore it in a simple bun. She glanced to her side and jumped as she saw an old man standing in the middle of her shop. She scowled deeply as she recognized who it was. "What one earth are you doing here!" She demanded. "You could have been seen." She hurried and closed the curtains before moving round and closing the others on the side of the store. The old man just looked around at the empty bookstore and raised an eyebrow.
By who?" He asked.