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SEPTEMBER 4, 2006 at 6:45 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Life Style Extra via The Leaky Cauldron
Well at least in the BigBadRead poll. JK Rowling's creation, Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter novels, was voted
as the favorite literary villain of all time by British schoolchildren.
The BigBadRead poll was conducted by Bloomsbury, had more than 16,000 votes and JK had this to say of the honor:
I am thrilled and honoured beyond words that Lord Voldemort has been voted best villain in the BigBadRead poll.
I am not sure how he would react ot knowing that he had won a Muggles' unpopularity poll. A mixture of pleasure that you recognised his power and menace, coupled with fury at your nerve at mentioning his real name, I think. His author, however, is absolutely delighted.
UPDATE: You can read JK's comments in full here courtsey of MuggleNet.
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Student
Points: 292
Heartless says:
Merope would be so proud!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 11:25 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1600
jenn007a says:
Congrats to Rowling for having the favorite villian! I think that voldemort if definatley scarier than any of the other baddies!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 11:29 AM EST
Parselmouth
Points: 29083
Thestral Eyes says:
Mrs coulter is a better villan in my mind...shes terrifying in a way thats not as obvious as voldermort or Sauron. Shes a real normal woman with twisted views...and her golden mokey deamon! That creeped the hell out of me! *shudders* Plus i like how she redeemed herself in the end.
Ahem, anyways, congrats to voldy, kind of predictable that it would be him that won what with all the films and hype around hp. Ralph phineas RULES!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 11:59 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 367
ieiazel says:
I don't quite agree with that list. although Voldemort is scary and all that, he does not seem to be able to get rid of a teenager. his death eaters are more like the mafia than anything else. I would say that Sauron is more powerful, though i agree that he is not as developed a character as Voldemort. Maybe we see Voldemort's most scary side in HBP when he was a child in the orphanage. He's such a sadistic schoolboy! :)
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:11 PM EST
Delusional Army Soldier
Points: 4400
ILoveHP! says:
Cool! Voldemort is indeed the best-no worst character ever in books!!! Wahahahaha (evil laugh)!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:17 PM EST
Witch
Points: 739
The 4th Champion says:
Thats really cool!! Voldemort is my favorite baddie.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:19 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1582
ALLI8 says:
Who's the 3rd person on the list. Mrs. Coulter...i've never heard of her. she must be pretty bad...
alli8~
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:19 PM EST
Squib
Points: 133
*Lorna* says:
Another award for Harry Potter. I definetly think he is the best baddie!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:22 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 880
Silly Dragon says:
A well-deserved title, to my mind, yet I do find that Umbridge or Snape could have been chosen. As to the other villains, I am glad that Tolkien's and Pullman's works received a bit ofrecognition from children, which means that comics are not the only form of 'literature' they known.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:23 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2011
brenpotterfans says:
WOW!! That really is a great honor to have your villain be the ultimate baddie. Nobody could be worse than Voldemort. Congratulations to JK Rowling!!!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:31 PM EST
Head Girl
Points: 438
Ainhoa says:
I wish Jo could tell us more about Voldemort's plans. What do you think he will exactly do? Soemthing like taking the Ministry?
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:32 PM EST
Charms Mistress
(Moderator)
Points: 5267
Weesa says:
I love Jo's response. The other's in the top five I'm not so sure about atleast they got number one right.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:35 PM EST
Witch
Points: 663
harry's_girl_4ever says:
Yay! Go Voldy! he definately deserves to be the best villain. Congrats to J.K. Rowling!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 12:57 PM EST
The Golden Snidget
Points: 3159
Mrs. Phineas Nigellus says:
Of course Voldemort won! I think it's funny Jo's reaction to what she thinks LV would think of winning. I wonder what he'd do if he knew that although most wizards can't speak his name, all us dirty Muggles are spouting it off as fast as we can get the syllables out...IoI!!!
*The MRS*
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 1:14 PM EST
Goddess of the Moon
Points: 10740
dee_dee says:
of course, this isn't a big surprise... Harry Potter books are more popular then the rest put together (well, perhaps not LOTR), so it is no wonder that Voldemort won the first place...
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 1:50 PM EST
Hogwart's Ghost
Points: 2604
gemma_barnett1985 says:
Well i would say congratulations LV, but i don't like him so i won't :P
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:12 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2351
Skitch says:
All right, Voldy! Congratulations on being the most hated bad guy out there! haha, I would have voted for him too. He is fabulous.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:15 PM EST
Squib
Points: 136
devils snare says:
Thats fantastic, JK must be over the moon!!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:22 PM EST
Head Boy
Points: 415
øffe-joe687½ says:
my favorite vilian is still darth vader.
voldemort is number 2..... I think.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:41 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1237
HeadmistressMcGonagall says:
Well of course he's the best villan. Voldermort scares a lot of people. In fact, I remember something about Stephen King being scared of Voldermort...?
"I was suprised by the depth of the Death Eaters"
"I scared Stephen King"
-JKR and Stephen King
so, if Voldy's supporters scare Stephen King, of course he's the best villan.
HeadmistresMcGonagall
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:56 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 364
kappy says:
I think that Voldemort definitely belongs in the top ten of literary bad guys. I don't know whether I'd say he is my favourite, but I'd say is the 'worst' bad guy.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:56 PM EST
Witch
Points: 844
~Silver Potion~ says:
Thats really funny! Of course he is the favorite villian, seeing as nearly every person in the world has read Harry Potter! Voldemort is classic evil to the tenth degree and deserves this *hem* award!
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 2:57 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1330
frenchloony says:
Congratulation to Voldemort, he deserves it.JK Rowling's answer was funny.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 3:14 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1150
Witch_one_counts? says:
YES *snickers* This is hilarious! So he's the worst... or is that best? Villain? That's great.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 3:37 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1234
Krum says:
Um daaaaaa obviouslyyyyyyy.He is wicked evil.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 3:45 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2419
Gwenyth says:
I like JK's comment on the award. It would be a bitter sweet win for Voldy.
Posted Sep 5, 2006 at 4:00 PM EST
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