So tired I am nearly falling asleep on the keyboard.

Just had an odd Riddle thought. What if Tom was so mortified at having a Muggle dad that he became determined to show the world a Pureblood face? Perhaps he argued with the Sorting Hat, and forced himself into Slytherin, and kept it a secret. Well, we know that he kept it a secret, from canon, as Bellatrix had no clue that he was a Mudblood.

Anyway, I'm just wondering what this Slytherin cunning and ambition produced in him...if he knew that was where the power was, which is why he wanted to be in it...if he knew that no one would doubt he was a Pureblood if he was in Slytherin...and then he buries his true origin, and his humanity, and goes to meet the world as Lord Voldemort instead.

Hmmm.