Ootp, Voldemort, Tom, and CoS

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No: HPFGUIDX 66521

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "seanmulligan2000" 
<jeopardy18 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
> <saraandra at w...> wrote:
> > I was thinking about the prediction and Voldemort, and that he'd 
> > worked out how to leave his 'sixteen-year self' in the diary, and 
> > later saying to Harry that his(Tom Riddle's) goal was no longer 
> > killing Mudbloods, but to kill Harry? 
> > Is the youthful, murderous Tom following a prophecy of his own?
> > How does he know he'll need to leave behind a shade of himself?
> > How, then, does that shade change its' goals and set out to kill 
> > Harry?
> > Does Lord V. have any sort of mind link to this offshoot of 
himself?
> > Does Lord V. tell y.m. Tom to concentrate on H.P.?
> > So many questions - I can't help thinking Book 6 will be just as 
> > long, if not longer - Yippee!
> > Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria
> 
> 
> Voldemort left his sixteen year old self in an enchanted diary so 
> that his sixteen year old self could open the Chamber of Secrets 
> again and kill all the mudbloods.  Tom found out about Harry from 
> Ginny.  
> 
> 
> Seanmulligan2000


While we are on the subject of OotP and Cos, I have been mulling over 
one line in CoS (canon, not the film) recently where Harry finds the 
diary and right before he wrotes in it, he rereads the name "TM 
Riddle" and muses over why it sounds familiar to him--like a friend 
he had when was little.  

I am positive that the line is meant to alude to the Voldemort/Harry 
connection that we now are more familiar with after GoF and OotP.  
However, could that line be a allusion to MORE of a connection?  Does 
Harry have not only some of Voldemort's powers, but also some of his 
*memories* and then also his knowledge???  

That line in CoS, never jumped at me until about a year ago during a 
reread of it-- but when you read it, it is certainly poignant and 
frightenting with its implications.  It would be just so like JKR to 
slip it in such an early book with just this one line.....

Any thoughts??

Arya