The author of this article is written by @Luo Baiko
Cinema replaces a world that is more in tune with our aspirations
Some time ago, YouTube launched a new French film "Gaunt Family".
The fanfiction film, which was funded by fans, tells the story of Voldemort's past and present lives.
As the biggest villain in the Harry Potter universe, Voldemort unexpectedly captured many fans.
His popularity is no less than that of the decent protagonist of the series.
Related spin-offs, in addition to "The Gaunt Family", there is also "Voldemort: The Origin of The Descendants" two years ago. This fan work was also funded by fans and was also released by Warner, which can be said to have received official recognition.
Both works were inspired by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which focused on how Voldemort was reduced from a genius student to a fierce villain.
In addition to film and television, Voldemort also occupied a place in popular culture.
He was the first man to wash the B station in blood, and under the tireless pulling of the grandmothers, he had a large number of high-quality CP at home and abroad. Reserved as Lin Daiyu, fierce as Hannibal, high and cold as Han Shangyan, all fell under Voldemort's pomegranate robe.
Even the Eight Commandments of pigs and jitters fell one after another
Voldemort's memes and strips are also emerging.
A face without a nose, but with multiple meanings.
You who want to say something trolling;
You when witnessing confused behavior;
Chase the CP when you make sugar;
Voldemort even had a fresh and unworldly style of painting when he was even on the hot search.
Not only did it turn into traffic that could not even be mentioned by name, but it was also repeatedly trampled by fans of another bad guy, Grindelwald.
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Voldemort's fiery level also confirms how popular he is.
Why does everyone love Voldemort?
Because this audience is not good to bring, the protagonist of Gao Daquan has not attracted our interest.
The best character is still: the villain of the United States.
There is no doubt that Voldemort took advantage of all three pleasing laws.
Before discussing his beauty, Xiao Wan would like to ask the first person to translate "Voldemort" as "Voldemort": You... What do you think? He is the softest place in the hearts of the Death Eaters, please call him "Tom Riddle".
Tom Riddle's beauty is there for all to see, at least at the Slytherin yard level. Punching Harry and kicking Malfoy was a complete problem.
Look at the description of his youthful appearance in the original book: "Black jade hair; long, emaciated figure; slender fingers, high-pitched cold laughter." ”
Sigh, the image of a crazy drag cool high cold overlord jumped on the paper.
Therefore, the actors who play Tom Riddle in related film and television works have always been top-level players in appearance.
Ralph Fiennes (adult version), Christian Coulson (young version), Frank Dylan (16-year-old version), Hello Fiennes Tieffen (11-year-old version) in the Harry Potter series, and Maxus Danay Verveyer in "The Gaunt Family" give people the intuitive feeling: handsome!
If the Tom Riddle stage is a 24k pure handsome, then the Voldemort stage is its own cuteness.
Although there is no nose, it is still the most dazzling presence among the demons and ghosts.
No matter how bad a villain is, the value of the face is always the first productive force, do not believe you see the Lei family Loki next door. With a face that I see pity, the audience will naturally give him a green light in his heart.
In addition to being handsome, Voldemort was also very strong.
Being able to spend N years with Harry Potter and others is a rival on par.
Talented: At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Voldemort was a good student of both character and learning, serving as a prefect and student council president.
Even Dumbledore lamented him years later: "The smartest student I've ever seen at Hogwarts." ”
Strong leadership: After leaving the school, Voldemort quickly recruited a large following. At his instigation and brainwashing, the Death Eaters accepted the wizarding pure-blood theory.
If he lived today, he was very suitable for a pyramid scheme business.
Powerful: Voldemort was called "the most dangerous Dark Wizard in history," and ordinary people didn't even dare to call him by his first name.
Not only did he possess special talents such as snake charm and independent flight, but he also made a number of Horcruxes without any teacher.
Philosophical understanding: It is irresponsible to speculate that Voldemort should have read Nietzsche, highly identified with the "philosophy of the superman" and used it as the norm for all behavior.
He considered himself the best race and used a condescending perspective to enslave Muggle-born wizards.
Many viewers have a strong mentality and are unconsciously overwhelmed by the strong. It also explains why we expect powerful villains like Voldemort rather than the mentally handicapped villains of some movies who drop chains.
Of course, "handsome + strong" can only stimulate the audience's good feelings, and "miserable" can give people a glimpse of its fragile side, thus breaking out a strong desire to protect.
Voldemort and Harry Potter have many similarities, like the two sides of the coin. But as Dumbledore said, there was one thing that Harry Potter had and Voldemort didn't have, and that was nose love.
Voldemort's life, what a tragic word: father does not hurt mother do not want, grew up in an orphanage, incompatible with the same age, excluded and bullied, did not appear in time for the life mentor.
The tragic experience made him plant the seeds of hatred in his heart from an early age, completely isolating himself in the inner island. Because of his insecurity and lack of friendship and affection that he could grasp, he blindly pursued eternal life.
On the road to the pursuit of eternal life, he took the lead in burying the "human" side of himself, leaving endless desires in vain. The constant death and resurrection of death and resurrection made him go farther and farther down the path of tragedy, and was finally eliminated in one fell swoop.
Voldemort sat on the "beautiful and tragic" persona, and cleverly attacked the audience's psychological defense.
The appreciation of beauty, the admiration of the strong, and the pity for misery make people have a strong sense of empathy. Empathy, on the other hand, is at the heart of building loving relationships.
Another layer of psychological motivation has been ignored for a long time, that is, the audience's hidden desire to destroy order. Why do we love to watch robber movies and gangster movies? Why is it so easy to side with the tragic villain character? In fact, it is all the same reason.
Freud believed that there are two instincts in human beings: the instinct to be born, which represents the power of love and construction; and the other is the instinct to die, which represents the desire for hate and destruction.
The audience's desire for destruction was realized in a compensatory way in Voldemort. Watching him kill decisively, watching him turn upside down, this innate sense of danger gives the audience a different kind of pleasure.
In the final chapter of the film, Voldemort is utterly defeated, and justice finally triumphs over evil. The audience has also completed psychological catharsis and has been successfully pulled back to the moral position.
A few years later, when we recall the afternoon when the Undulating Demons were defeated, we can't help but sigh:
That year the apricot blossoms were slightly rainy, and you recited the Avada So life mantra, perhaps wrongly paid from the beginning.
Well, that's it for the life of the beloved Voldemort, and here's the good news: the 4K restored 3D version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone will be massively re-released Chinese mainland!
Ladies and wizards, Hogwarts is about to start school, please wait at Platform 93/4 at King's Cross Station
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