Grey Lady prob. not Voldy's Mom

[ms_petra_pan]

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"Meghan Stancil" <megalynn44 at h...> wrote:
> Anyways, earlier there was an idea that Voldy's mom could be a 
> ghost in the thread about Voldy's mom. Well, that lead me to think 
> of the book's mystery ghost. The Grey Lady. She is barely mentioned 
> in the books, but JKR has alluded to her signifigance in Interviews 
> I have read. Her importance was furthered when she kept popping up 
> in movie scenes. She looked rather young, thus she died young. And 
> since JKR had so much input on the movie, that probly was not a 
> mistake.
> 
> So, could the Grey Lady ghost be Voldemort's mum?

Though the film is not canon text, strictly speaking, considering the 
degree of JKR's involvement with it and how little canon text tells 
us about the Grey Lady, I agree that the film is the only source for 
inquiring minds who want to know more about this ghost.

But nothing about the Grey Lady's portrayal in the film support the 
theory that she may be Voldemort's mother, IIRC.  The Grey Lady's 
costume is definitely not of the time period befitting a woman who 
could have given birth to Tom Riddle, Jr. near the beginning of the 
last century.  And no, being killed while attending a costume ball 
doesn't do it for me.  :)  Her numerous appearances in the film only 
support the probability that this is a character who may have a more 
pivotal role in the books to come than the one she's played so far; 
since I find her intriguing, I hope she doesn't turn out to be a 
cinematic prop on legs.  :)  Good of you to turn the spotlight on 
her, Meghan.  She cuts quite a romantic and tragic figure and I'll 
have to keep a more vigilant eye out for her the next time I read the 
books.

So how would the Grey Lady become more important?  Now that the "Ways"
have parted, which camp will she hinder? which will she aid?  If we 
can figure out which time period her clothing belongs to, we might 
have a shot at placing her in the history of WW and figure out who 
she was without resorting to pure conjecture.

Any further thoughts on the movie aspects of this post belong to the sister list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Movie/

:) Petra