Re: The Riddle Gang
What if there's a taboo on his written name, as a preliminary to the larger taboo that we see in the books? And the reason nobody talks about it is that since TMR disappeared and came back (with the knowledge to set the taboo) the DEs (inner circle initially) have been obliviating people?
Voldie could be working out the verbal taboo we see in the books but he could have been sending out people to obliviate anyone who wrote down TMR's name or talked about him in the wrong circles all along, which would explain how people kept silent--many of them had been obliviated. And now with the holder of the taboo dead, people can write/talk with no response.
Also the writing might not include using the phone--might be old fashioned writing, and that would allow people to text/journal on phones without invoking it. Thoughts?