Harry's dream about the Turban (was Re: Re: Neville and the Prophecy - VERY LONG)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 108325

Snow wrote:

Tom is therefore half (blood wise) of what Harry is at their births.
Tom's relationship to Slytherin is from his mother and Tom is made up
of only half of her. Tom is magical but to what degree of magical
ability was he actually born with? Dumbledore states about Tom in
COS "Of course, he was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts
has ever seen." Brilliance doesn't necessarily mean in regards to
his magical ability being brilliant. Hermione who also, like Tom,
having direct muggle parentage, is book learned brilliant. Yes,
Hermione has magical ability, which she enhances greatly through her
self-taught knowledge. I believe Tom Riddle entered Hogwarts in much
the same manner (remember he lived in a muggle orphanage) as Hermione
did. Tom was self-educated through books in which he found
information about the Chamber. Tom's dark behavior is not mentioned
until after he found the Chamber, where in he found an unexpected
discovery, Salazar Slytherin. Tom was educated well by his ancestor
and with Salazar's "help" continued his noble work. Tom was not born
a great wizard; he was made into a greatly feared wizard by Salazar's
presence.

vmonte responds:

Good comments Snow. I'm familiar with the theory that Tom Riddle's 
soul is trapped inside Harry and that it happened at Godric's Hollow. 
(I've mentioned this possiblity a few months ago and someone else 
wrote about this over a year ago.)  I thought that Kneasy's theory 
was that an entity possessed Grindewald (I think this is the name of 
the wizard DD defeated in 1945) until he was defeated by DD. Then 
when it became vaporwald it possessed Tom Riddle in the chamber (I 
may have the facts wrong, or Kneasy's theory may have evolved).  
Anyway, are you both now saying that this entity (is it Salazar?) is 
now in Harry because of the GH attack?

I was thinking that perhaps, due to Lily, the entity became vapormort 
and that Tom Riddle was blasted into baby Harry. Didn't Harry see Tom 
Riddle's name on the diary in CoS and feel like Tom was a childhood 
friend that was long forgotten? What if BABY Harry was aware of Tom's 
presence while he was a child but as time went on the two 
personalities fused together. (I wonder if baby Harry had an 
imaginary friend that drove Petunia mad?!)

Also, what if Snape knows that Tom is inside Harry and is protecting 
Harry only until he can figure out a way to recover TR. This would 
explain why Snape told Draco to use Serpentsorcia, and then looked 
shrewdly at Harry after he spoke in parseltongue.  It may also mean 
that Snape was at Godrics Hollow and that he realized that Tom was 
blasted into Harry.  

Maybe DD placed Harry at the Dursley's home not only for the blood 
protection but maybe because he also suspected what the scar meant, 
and realized that keeping Harry away from the WW would also mean that 
none of the DEs would be able to find out about the "merging of 
souls."

I also have a comment about the "in essence divided remark." Is it 
possible that JKR added the bit about Ron's brain attack to get Harry 
to start thinking about his past?  What I mean is what if Ron has 
some residual problems due to the attack in book 5.  He may have 
memories that he never had before, or he may behave strangely as 
though he had a split personality. Could Ron's residual problem be 
what makes Harry start to remember his own strange behavior as a 
child? What if Ron states that he hears another voice inside of his 
head and Harry acknowledges that he also hears a voice inside his 
head at times. 

Hermione may ask some pointed questions that might reveal that this 
voice is not Harry's conscious but something separate. Just a thought.

Anyway, who do you think the half-blood prince is if it's not Tom, 
Voldemort, or Harry?  

Is it GG who is now inside of Ron?

vivian