Ponderables...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 83231

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "James Redmont" 
<jamesredmont at h...> wrote:
>  
> > Geoff:
> > Yes, I'd forgotten that.
> > 
> > Without living up to your ID name then, are you suggesting that 
> > Riddle was possessing her literally and therefore he was 
producing 
> > the Parseltongue needed? He does say "she strangled.." etc. and 
> > not "I made her strangle..." or "I possessed her so that she 
would 
> > strangle...."
> > 
> > Your next postcard?

 
> james redmont:
> 
> Yes he said that, but unless I'm wrong, he was trying to get a rise 
> out of Harry by saying it.  Riddle couldn't have done it alone, I'm 
> guessing, because he was only a memory.  And yes, he possessed her 
> literally because she said he did in OotP.  She blacked out and 
> couldn't remember what was going on for short periods of time.

Geoff:
That's an interesting point. Picking up on someone else's point as 
well, Voldemort's possession of Ginny seems to be different to that 
brief possession of Harry in OOTP. Harry was conscious of the fact 
that he was being invaded but, in COS, he is using the possession to 
become real...

"But there isn't much life left in her: she put too much into the 
diary, into me. Enough for me to leave its pages at last." (UK 
edition p.231)

"It looked bad all right. But the longer Riddle stood there, the more 
life was dwindling out of Ginny... and in the meantime, Harry noticed 
suddenyl, Riddle's outline was becoming clearer, more solid. If it 
had to be a fight between him and Riddle, better sooner than later." 
(p.233)

Could led to some interesting "What if?" speculation.

Geoff