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

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 108357

vmonte wrote:

> 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?!)


Having been absent from the list for two months, I'm not quite up to
date on Kneasy's possession theory, so I won't comment much.  But I
was intrigued by your mentioning Harry's first impression of Tom
Riddle, that he was an almost-forgotten childhood friend.  The line
reads, 

"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."

When I first reread this (after having discovered the truth about Tom
Riddle and Harry's connection to him), I assumed the "half-forgotten"
aspect was due to the fact that only a small part of Voldemort was in
Harry.  But now it occurrs to me that this is probably exactly how
Voldemort himself feels about Tom Riddle.  The current Voldemort has,
according to Dumbledore, "[undergone] so many dangerous, magical
transformations that when he surfaced as Lord Voldemort, he was barely
recognizable."  At the current time, Voldemort doesn't consider
himself Tom Riddle anymore; that's just a childhood friend,
long-ingnored and half-forgotten.  

So let's see, whar point am I trying to make?  First, I feel that if 
Tom Riddle was possessed by some long-lived entity, I think it more
likely that it occurred during one of these magical transformations,
rather than at the time he opened the Chamber of Secrets.  I think his
tough childhood, discovery of his personal ancestry, and hatred of
muggles as a result of both were plenty of incentive for his actions 
before this point (including opening the Chamber).  I'd say the
possession only gives him power, not motive.

Also, it makes me wonder WHAT is actually in Harry, if he is
experiencing the full entent of some of Voldemort's thoughts, rather
than just snatches as I originally thought.  You suggested that
perhaps the Tom Riddle part of Voldemort was sent into Harry.  I think
that the childhood friend thought indicates that it is the current,
transformed Voldemort in him instead.  of course, what this indicates,
I don't know; it's late, and I still have jet lag.  Anyone?

-Corinth