TBAY (I think....): Possible Parallel, but who knows...

[ltg3asu]

No: HPFGUIDX 38768

Hi Ya'll,
    OK, here lately it seems like parallels between HP and so many 
other literary works have been flying across the board, so I feel 
obliged to add just one more (although watch it be the one that breaks 
the Mod's back!).
    Upon enjoying LotR a second time, a notion crossed my mind when 
reading the reason the Dark Lord (Sauron) survived. It was because his 
essence was trapped in the one ring, and he would only truly be gone 
when the ring was destroyed. Of course, being the avid HP fan that I 
am, I automatically shifted my thought to the other Dark Lord 
(Voldemort) for comparison. Had big, bad V stored away his essence in 
something before dieing at chubby infantile hands? Well, there's no 
canon for it being an object, but we do know a little bit of himself 
was left behind, in one Harry Potter.
    Ok, ok. Should I be implying that LV remained in etherial form 
because his essence was trapped in li'l HP? Its always been blamed 
before on his experiments with immortality, but could JKR have been 
inspired by this bit of Tolkien's work? 
    If this is the case, and I may just be shooting in the wind, what 
does that mean is in store for our heroic Harry? The ultimate 
sacrifice upon learning that LV can't die until he does (atop of a 
rickety bridge over a lake of lava, of course)? 
    There's some more bang for your buck, and a possible (????) new 
twist on the Stoned!Harry debate. 
    Speaking of Stoned!Harry.... Someone do get that kid some 
deodorant. His "essence" is wafting all over the bay, and I am trying 
to picnic! 

             Yours,
               L. Terrell Gould, III