Voldemort Might Have Helped Ginny Write Love Letters to Harry (No Kidding)
Remember how Ginny Weasley wrote Harry a love poem for Saint Valentine's Day?
Voldemort might have stuck his nose in this (metaphorically speaking, of course).
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Gilderoy Lockhart did one thing on his own – he took it upon himself to organize Valentine's Day at Hogwarts.
One of his romantic initiatives was to send out dwarves to deliver love messages.
Harry was one of the poor people who received such a message (in the most embarrassing way possible) in the form of a poem, and Draco (who was probably jealous) guessed that it was from Ginny.
In her poem, she refers to Harry as "the hero who conquered the Dark Lord."
Notice anything strange? That is right, Ginny used the name that mostly Death Eaters call Voldemort (not "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "You-Know-Who").
Sure, one could argue that it was just for rhyming purposes (it had to go with "blackboard"), but was it really?
In the second book, Ginny was possessed by Riddle for most of the year (well, she definitely was by Valentine's), and it could be that the girl was so helplessly in love that she asked her bestie (the diary) to help her conquer Harry's heart.
In a way, Voldemort did write (or considerably contributed to writing at least) the love letter to Harry Potter. Don't tell us you didn't see that coming!
Yes, Dumbledore also referred to Voldemort as the "Dark Lord" in the past, though he consistently said that the "fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself" when explaining why he mostly used "Voldemort" to call Riddle by.
In direct interactions with him, Dumbledore preferred to say "Tom" or "Riddle" to make sure the Dark Lord didn't think too highly of himself (and to piss him off, of course).
The headmaster only used "Dark Lord" on special occasions (for example, to quote the exact wording of the prophecy). In short, Dumbledore doesn't really count!
Just imagine how annoyed Riddle must have been with that poem. Bravo, Ginny, you managed to make him lose his dignity a little long before he was vanquished for good!