Possession

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 89892

Right, since my post 89817 has been greeted with blank indifference
(or at least that part of it which was meant to be the main theme), it's
time to repeat the dose and see if it engages a poster or two. It's
mostly in the form of questions that I don't have firm answers to,
but the suppositions that can be drawn from possible answers to
the questions intrigue me. You can make your own mind up about
what you think.

Possession. The mental(?) control of another being. Very  different
from the ability to  read minds. 
In canon it seems that only Voldy can do this - why?
What is it about  Voldy that gives him the power to possess?
Numerous small animals, Nagini, Quirrell, Ginny, sort of with Harry,
he seems to be able to do it at will, with no need for wand or spells. 
Is it a power that Tom developed on his own or is it a power from 
elsewhere that also possessed Tom (maybe when he first entered the
Chamber) and is it this possession that turned him into Voldy?
If you're an heir, there is something to be handed down to you 
isn't there?

If it is a power or entity separate in origin from Tom does Tom still
exist as a personality in some form inside the Voldy!Monster?
Is this why DD keeps appealing to Tom; is he trying to break the
hold of whatever has taken him over?

This is the way I'm tending to lean. Although Tom wandered the 
world for a number of years before making his bid for power, there
is no evidence of anything out there that could change a spiteful 
and resentful adolescent into the Voldy!Monster. 

But the Chamber of Secrets is a special place, designed and built
by a powerful and decidedly nasty piece of work - Salazar Slytherin.
The title itself implies that there are, or were, multiple secrets. What
were (are) they? Was there something in there that was waiting for the
right personality to enter that would allow it to take form again?

Could it be that Tom is an (almost) innocent victim? Shock!Horror!
 
Kneasy