Voldemort's choice of Harry

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 77035

Severusbook:"know yet, a piece of infomation crucial to his picking
the Potters over the Longbottoms.  If LV had killed Neville, would he
have then seeked out Harry?  And if Harry had not been attacked, would
he still be as strong and gifted as he is today?"

Wanda:" One of them is a mysterious sentence in CoS, when Harry is
looking at Tom Riddle's diary.  "And while Harry was sure he had never
heard the name T.M. Riddle before, it still seemed to mean something
to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was
very small, and had half-forgotten.  But this was absurd."

Don't forget that part of Tom Riddle, d/b/a Lord Voldemort, is now
part of Harry.  The bond exists already - and perhaps a shadow of
memory as well.

Remember that the Tom Riddle Harry sees in the chamber is a memory, a
shadow, a virtual Tom Riddle, looking to become real.  After Riddle
detached/copied himself, he likely couldn't communicate between the
real and the virtual Riddle. Perhaps.

I always prefer the simplest explanation to anything.  If Voldemort
had succeeded in killing baby Harry, kept his body and his powers, he
wouldn't have considered his night's work done without visiting the
Longbottom household and taking care of business there.  It's the King
Herod, kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out system, but right up
Voldemort's alley.  OTOH, he waited until the Potters were betrayed
before making his move. Why? There's possibilities:

The Longbottom's Secret Keeper stayed loyal, or simply nobody knew
where they were.
Voldemort wanted to kill both boys the same night, lest the survivor's
parents take even more extraordinary measures. Tactical surprise, IOW.
Voldemort does in fact know that he will encounter Harry again, or
perhaps the Potters were better Dark fighters and he feared Harry's
bloodline in light of the prophecy.

I believe Harry had a good shot at being a way above average wizard
anyway.  His parents were Head Boy and Girl, good at everything they
did.  Harry had good bloodlines.  No guarantee, but look at Bobby
Bonds's son Barry. Sometimes it works out.

Jim F.