The name T.M. Riddle in CoS
mightymaus75
mpjdekker at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 26 01:00:48 UTC 2003
First, I have to confess that I haven't watched either of the movies.
Not that I generally don't like movies, or even movie versions of my
favourite books. More something to do with Chris Columbus and my lack
of faith in his ability to capture the subtle humor. I hope you will
find it in your hearts to forgive me.
As you are undoubtedly aware JKR once mentioned in an interview that
there was a specific thing in the CoS movie which she had insisted
the script writers keep in. Something which would turn out to be
important in the coming books. This comment subsequently led to wild
speculations among fans about what this thing might be and why it
would be important. Speculation has included everything from chickens
to crossbows to every other thing that is even briefly shown in the
movie. Now I was wondering, is the fact that the name Riddle seems
familiar to Harry included in the movie?
In the book the name somehow means something to him, as though Riddle
was a friend he'd had when he was very small. Harry then dismisses
the idea because Dudley always prevented Harry from having friends.
The reason I ask, I have a theory that Harry at one time did actually
have a friend named Tom Riddle. That this in fact was an imaginary
friend only Harry could hear. In CoS Dumbledore tells Harry that
Voldemort inadvertently transferred some of his powers the night his
AK curse backfired. What if Voldemort transferred more than just some
of his powers, what if he transferred a part of his mind to Harry?
This separated part of Voldemort's mind could have been talking to
Harry when he was little. A part of Voldemort's mind trapped inside
Harry would also explain the strange link between Harry and
Voldemort. (See the main book list, messages #78982, #79691, #83445,
if you're interested in the complete theory)
So is Harry's familiarity with the name Riddle mentioned in the
movie? If it is in the movie, how was this handled? I doubt they
would have put Harry's thoughts word for word into dialogue. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
-Maus
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