CoS Theories

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 47171

I was about to post this to the Movie list, but decided that here would be 
a better place (please bear with me)...

A thought occurred to me earlier today when I was talking to a (non HP-book 
reader) friend who'd just seen TSMTSNBN.

I needed to explain to him that Christian Coulson's Tom Riddle was meant to 
be 16 (the one reference to it in dialogue passed him by) and I started 
thinking why an actor who is visibly obviously not 16 (though admittedly 
less than Coulson's real 23 years) was chosen to play the part. After all, 
there is no end of real 16-18 year-olds who could have played the part just 
as well (and more believably), yet for *some* reason, the casting people 
went for an adult.

The only explanation I can think of is the same reason why 30-something 
Shirley Henderson was chosen to play Moaning Myrtle: Tom Riddle's 
16-year-old self will be returning in a later book (and movie).

I therefore propose that observation in support of a theory I've had for 
some time (and seen mentioned in various places by others as well), which 
is that Voldemort's ultimate downfall will not be his death, but the 
undoing of all the changes he underwent since leaving Hogwarts, and a 
return to his previous form as an adolescent. The ultimate "second chance", 
a recurring theme in the books!

Any thoughts?

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Gulplum AKA Richard, 272 posts left to read and counting...