Harry/Riddle

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 119095


Inge wrote:

> Can Harry and Tom Riddle be one and the same - for some yet unknown 
> reason living in different times? Is there any way? And what would 
it 
> mean if so?

Now Cory:

I've had thoughts along these lines before too, and am very curious 
to find out what the connection is between Harry and Riddle 
(especially in light of the fact that Harry felt like he knew Riddle).

However, I don't think this can be it.  For one thing, if they were 
one and the same, they would not be "living in different times," for 
when Voldemort tried to AK Infant!Harry, they were in fact living in 
the *same* time.  One could argue that Riddle is not Voldemort or 
that Voldemort was not "naturally" alive at that time because of all 
he had undergone to try to achieve immortality, but in the end I 
don't think you can get around the fact that Voldemort is the same 
being as Riddle, and that he and Harry were (are) living in the same 
time.

--Cory