Clues from TMTMNBN

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 48523

I saw TMTMNBN yesterday for the 4th or 5th time and noticed something that 
I wondered if anyone else noticed.  I also wondered whether anyone thought 
it had any significance.

When Harry is talking to Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, I noticed 
that Riddle's tie seemed quite different from Harry's.  Of course, I didn't 
expect it to be the same colors since I didn't expect him to be a 
Gryffindor.  However, the stripes were different and I couldn't quite make 
out the colors.  They definitely weren't red or yellow, but I couldn't tell 
if they were green or blue.  I noticed because I kept staring at Riddle's 
outfit looking for some clues about him.  All I could see was the Hogwarts 
crest and then the Prefect badge.  Then yesterday I noticed the stripes on 
the tie.  Now this may be nothing, but then I wondered why the tie wasn't 
more clearly a Slytherin tie.  Sure, styles could have changed in 50 years, 
but still, I didn't think the colors were that clear either.  While we all 
believe Riddle is/was the heir of Slytherin, does anyone thing it's 
possible that he wasn't in Slytherin?  Did anyone else notice Riddle's tie?

Also in TMTMNBN, in Florish and Blotts, Lucius says to Arthur, "I'll see 
you at work."  In all the times I've read the books, I've never seen any 
indication that Lucius has a job let alone a job at the MOM.  Did I miss 
something somewhere in one of the books?  Does anyone think there is some 
reason this was put in the movie?  I didn't see why it was needed at 
all.  Why put it in there?

I don't want to discuss the movie; I want to know if what appeared in the 
movie might signify anything in the current books or in the books to come.

Carol Bainbridge
(kaityf at jorsm.com)

http://www.lcag.org