Shared thoughts

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No: HPFGUIDX 108950

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meidbh" <meidbh at y...> wrote:
>  
> The transfer of Voldy construct, now this is interesting

> 
> Before we wonder `how' are we sure about `whether? Is essence of 
> Voldy really inside Harry? Why do we assume Harry didn't have his 
> Voldyesque skills already and that they aren't part of his 
> innate `power' and genetic history? 
> 
> Our evidence so far for a transfer of construct or essence:
> 
> 1. Tom Riddle's sister wand chooses Harry.  
> 
> 2. Harry's ability to speak Parseltongue
> Just a magical genetic mutation or recessive gene? A Red herring!
> 
> 3. Harry seems to have had a trace memory of the name Tom Riddle.
> 
> 4.  Harry's scar appears to function as a communication channel with 
> VM.
> 
> I have to say the transfer (of something!) concept is intriguing, 
> attractive and would explain a lot.  


You  missed  out at least one.

5. "You can speak Parseltongue, Harry," said DD calmly, "because
Lord Voldemort - who  is the last remaining descendant* of Salazar
Slytherin -  can  speak Parseltongue. Unless I'm much mistaken,
he transferred some  of his powers to  you the night he gave you
that  scar. Not  something he intended  to do, I'm sure..."
PS/SS chap 18.

* - this read 'ancestor' in my book, but IIRC JKR issued a correction.

Since a wizard's powers seem to be part of his 'persona' (to use a
term that's been bandied about recently) a transfer of one would 
entail some of the other too. That's the theory, anyway.

As for !, it's a very  convenient shorthand so far as I'm concerned
when used to describe some aspect of a character. Crouch!Moody
is much easier than "Barty  Crouch while pretending to be Moody."
So ESE!Snape, Weapon!Harry, Puppetmaster!DD; everybody knows
which facet of the character or theory about the character you're 
talking about.
Dunno where it started though.

Kneasy