Diary!Tom Not So Separate From Voldemort?

Jen Reese stevejjen at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 6 17:43:31 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 104629

Entropy:
> I just noticed this seemingly innocent bit on JKRowling.com, and I
> think it deserves a second look.  It's in the FAQ section, and goes
> like this:
> 
> Q:  "In 'Chamber of Secrets' , what would have happened if Ginny 
had
> died and Tom Riddle had escaped the diary?"
> 
> A:  "I can't answer that fully until all seven books are finished, 
> but it would have strengthened the present day Voldemort 
considerably."
> 
> This struck me, particularly after reading several recent posts 
here
> about things such as the prophecy possibly referring to three 
people
> (Tom Riddle, Harry and Voldemort).  I think  JKR has given us a 
hint
> regarding the connection between Diary!Tom and Voldemort.  Lots of 
us
> have come to see Diary!Tom as an entity separate from Voldemort, a
> seed planted long ago by Voldemort which has grown, with the 
unwitting
> help of Ginny,  to an independent self. 
> 
> But this answer suggests to me that what happens to Diary!Tom 
happens
> to Voldemort. It suggests that they are one (in essence divided,
> perhaps? Ack!, don't get me started....)


Jen: This is interesting--don't remember it being on the FAQ last 
week. 

My first thought was this: Did 16 y.o. Tom Riddle choose to 
sacrifice something in his search for immortality, something 
preserved in his 16 y.o. Diary self? Some power perhaps, some 'deal' 
he made that he secretly reneged on by creating the diary and 
putting the power into Diary!Tom? 

I read this the opposite way though, Entropy! I think this gives 
weight to the idea TR was a seperate person who was finally 
extinguished when Harry killed Diary!Tom. And that makes me think 
it's plausible for Tom Riddle to be the HBP, and he renounced 
something about his origins to evolve into Voldemort.

Jen Reese

P.S.there's also a new FAQ about why the MOM couldn't send Sirius an 
owl and follow it to chase him down.






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