Transferred soul (was Re: What did Riddle want from Ginny?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 111522

Snow:
> I do have a few questions though, how was it that Tom Riddle was 
able 
> to possess Ginny when Voldemort could not possess Harry? Doesn't 
> Ginny possess any of the `power' that Harry has in abundance? If 
> Ginny does possess some of the `power', was it just not enough of 
> this `power' to stop the possession by Riddle? Or, was Voldemort 
very 
> different somehow than young Tom Riddle before all the 
> transformations?
 

 The method of possession is different. Voldemort is pitting his soul 
against Harry's, while Tom was using Ginny against herself. In order 
to possess Ginny, Tom had to wait until Ginny had lent sufficient 
life force to Tom by writing in the diary. In fact, it is Ginny that 
brought along the possession , and the (tacit) agreement may have 
helped.