[HPforGrownups] Re: A far-fetched analysis of the Prophecy

[lissbell at colfax.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 70128



Jennye wrote:

 > My objections have to do with the fact that Riddle himself says that
> his father was a muggle. And that his father left his mother when he 
> found out that she was a witch. I don't think that Harry will be 
> surprised to find out that Ginny is a witch. Not to mention the fact 
> that Harry isn't a muggle. Both of his parents are magical (although 
> his mother was born, so far as we know, into a muggle family) Riddle 
> says that he was named after his father (Tom) and his grandfather 
> (Marvolo) before his mother died. We assume Marvolo after his 
> maternal grandfather. And Arthur is not easily mistaken for Marvolo.


Hi Jennye, your objections are duly noted and if I'd had half a brain 
(or any amount of experience posting to HP4G) I would have answered them 
thoroughly in the original post of my theory back in May.

I don't think Harry Potter is Tom Riddle Sr.  I think a memory-altered 
Ginny Weasley goes to the past pregnant with Harry's child and doesn't 
realize she's pregnant.  She and Riddle Sr have a brief affair which 
*she* believes results in the pregnancy.  Because she believes it and 
because Riddle Sr himself probably at least half believes it, these 
beliefs are presented as facts to Tom Riddle Jr and he accepts them.

I cannot explain "Marvolo".  Ginny may actually believe her father's 
name is Marvolo when she gives birth to baby Tom.  Ohhh how I wish I 
understood the true significance of Marvolo.

Sorry about not explaining this stuff fully in my original post. I was a 
novice poster and really blundered. :)

I don't expect, though, that my explanations have convinced you.  Time 
may well prove me to me a nut with an overactive imagination.

Cheers,
Lissa B