Possession

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 89909

Big Snip....Kneasy wrote:> 
> 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!


I like the idea of there being more than one secret in the chamber.  
I have always felt that it will be used again in the future of the 
series, especially since there are only 2 people who can open it (at 
least as far as we know).  I can't see V as an innocent victim 
though.  To me, it seems like the kind of an ending where everything 
winds up full of rainbows and beautiful: "After Harry returned from 
his time travel where he freed Tom from his demons, he ran into the 
embrace of his mother, father and Godfather and discovered that 
everyone who had been hurt was well and the benevolant Tom M. Riddle 
was the current Minister of Magic."  I just don't see it that way.

I have always thought that Dumbledore's refering to Voldemort as Tom 
was condescending.  In other words, "You are nothing more than an out 
of line school boy to me you little creep." 

Sue, Who love happy endings but would find a victimized Riddle 
annoying.