JKR says no, and she's no Dobby (was: Prince of Walpurgis ...)

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 103931

Phil:

> I think certain people will just have to give in gracefully and
> abandon their pet theory that--despite JKR's clearest indication to
> the contrary--Voldemort/Riddle is the HBP. JKR has said NO and that
> should mean no.
> HTH HAND

Ally:

Phil, she did not say that it wasn't Riddle, she said it wasn't 
Voldemort.  How do you KNOW there isn't a difference?  We don't know 
exactly what the circumstances were for Riddle becoming Voldemort.  
In a sense, Riddle transformed himself into something different.  
Borrowing on Steve's excellent analogy, like a caterpillar becoming a 
butterfly.  They are the same but different.  It's a metamorphasis.  
JKR - being the tricky one she is - could very well be looking at and 
planning to show Riddle in the same way - one person who transformed 
himself into another.  In that sense, she can say its not Voldemort 
and it can turn out to be Riddle, and it wouldn't be inaccurate.