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Not to unashamedly plug one of my own metas, but here's why I agree.
Another unpopular opinion: Frank Dillane was the best Tom Riddle.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Christian Coulson as much as the next Riddle slut, but I think he’s overused. He definitely isn’t overrated, he deserves the amount of love he gets, however, I don’t think Frank Dillane deserves to be pushed aside because of Christian Coulson’s performance. There are things they did differently and things they did the same and they both did great jobs but, personally, when I’m watching either of them in their respective films, Dillane’s just feels more like Tom to me. I get chills. He creeps me out but he’s still attractive and charming. He’s underrated, guys! Plus he looks more like Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Ralph Fiennes who play young Tom and Lord Voldemort, he just fits better in appearance.
It’s annoying to me, I wanna watch Tom Riddle edits because I love Tom Riddle but none of them have Dillane’s Riddle, which drives me mad. Like I said, I love Coulson’s Riddle too and could watch edits of him all day but I just want at least one ten minute compilation of Frank Dillane as Tom. He’s got roughly the same amount of screen time, I don’t understand the favouritism. I know people say he reminds them of a younger Hitler, and I kinda see it in the hair but that’s what hair was styled like in the forties! Plus it makes me think most Riddle fans only like him because Christian Coulson was hot and like... that’s so shallow. I love Tom Riddle and not just in his school days either, I be out here in love with him in all his freaking Lord Voldemort shit too. But that’s not the point.
Stop sleeping on Dillane’s Tom Riddle, guys.
Even in fanfictions, people use gifs and images of Coulson’s Riddle for their headers or covers or whatever. WHYYYYYYYYYY?! I get that Christian Coulson’s Tom is iconic but Frank Dillane’s Tom was the one who got the whole, “I was in the library the other night, in the restricted section” speech and it was perfect! I love that memory scene with Slughorn, he does everything perfectly, the way he talks, the way he moves, even the fucking head tilt is amazing, okay? Because that’s what Tom Riddle was like, everything was deliberate, everything he said and did was said and done to lure you in, to fool you.
He does all that so well!
I’m very passionate about this and I can’t keep it to myself anymore: LOVE FRANK DILLANE’S TOM RIDDLE MORE! He’s my favourite of the actors to play Riddle. He just does it so good.
