Old Possession Thread

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 89908

Kneasy wrote:
Why was Tom so interested in the CoS? For the same reason that
the students in Harry's year are absolutely fascinated by the thought
of it. A legend come to life! Wow! Tell us more! Where is it?
Note that the legend states that the Chamber can only be opened
by the Heir. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy - if you can get in, you
must by definition be the Heir. There is the possibility that opening
the Chamber turns you into the Heir, that whoever gets there first
is transformed into Salazar's avatar. A trap for the unwary or the
unsuspecting and ambitious. I suspect that Tom Riddle took
on the Lord Voldemort identity as the result of entering the CoS,
that what was in the Chamber changed him into what he became.
It is, after all, called the Chamber of Secrets - plural. All we have
seen so far is a single secret monster. What else is or was there?

In which case, we have to ask ourselves are Tom's actions of his
own volition or is he suffering from some sort of possession?, not 
theirs.

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This makes me think of the voice in Harry's head that makes him feel 
he "knew" the name TM Riddle at some point.  NBo quoteing, but I 
think he said, "...like a friend he'd [Harry] had had when he was 
little.  But he'd never had friends...Dudley..blah blah..."

Perhaps, if whatever makes Tom the Dark Lord and the Heir was 
something linked to a spell of his ancestors (Sal himself perhaps) 
that passed along knowledge, power, skills, etc by his blood then we 
can guess where Tom just hears voices in his head or "knows" things 
without learning them.  Also, if we hold that the curse that failed 
on Harry also transfered some powers to him, then perhaps Harry has a 
bit of this knowledge and power. Not just parseltongue is evidenced 
by this, but perhaps also the fact that very some very odd anc 
chilling reason, Harry felt a vague recognition at "TM Riddle". 

It also reminds me in a way of Dumbleodre in OotP and the whole green 
smooke snakes that are, "in essence, divided".  

There's more to all this, I'm sure, but I haven't the time to sit 
down properly and work it all out.  

Later--
Arya