harry is tom riddle

[caspenzoe]

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> I don't understand why it's strange to you that Harry lived - 
that's
> been explained. "Why didn't DD kill LV in the DoM" has also been
> explained from DD's own lips.  And it makes sense: Dumbledore knows
> there is only one that can destroy LV - Harry.
> 
> Jim Ferer, who believes that LV is not naturally "alive" anyway, 
his
> existence sustained only by magic.

Sorry to nitpick, but one of us has missed something here (or JKR 
has - and I think that's least likely). In her recent Edinburgh 
appearance, JKR specifically stated that one of the questions fans 
have not asked her, but should have, is "Why didn't DD kill LV in 
the DoM." 

Why should fans have asked her this question if she's already truly 
answered it via DD? Apparently, she at least, is under the 
impression that any explanation was given by DD was incomplete or 
inadequate. Although I remember DD stating that VM had possessed 
Harry in the MOM in hopes that DD would sacrifice Harry in an 
attempt to kill him, I don't recall that he actually directly 
explained why he didn't attempt to kill VM either during his 
possession of Harry, or otherwise, to Harry, at all. 

I don't think Moldievort is fully alive either, however. In fact, 
I'm beginning to suspect that part of the point JKR is making in her 
books is that real evil is only as alive as we allow it to live in 
us.

Caspen