[HPforGrownups] Diary!Tom Not So Separate From Voldemort?

[Lynx412 at AOL.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 104800

In a message dated 7/6/2004 6:11:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
DaveH47 at mindspring.com writes:

> My only problem is, what would this do to all the physically disfiguring 
> precautions he's taken since his school days to ensure that he'll "never" die?

       I think he intended the Diary as a backup for just such an occurrence. 
Maybe current LV would not have done so, but the diary was written when TR 
was 16...hm, timewise just before he killed his father? He produced the Diary in 
case his researches failed, then set out into the WW. Also, why did Lucius 
send the Diary to Hogwarts...perhaps the diary plan was formed during that 
dropped section between the Malfoys and the Notts.

       BTW, I wonder if the 'gift' of the Diary was originally intended for 
Harry. That would fit Dobby's comments about a plot against Harry and the 
attempt to keep Harry from getting to Hogwarts. If Harry never went and never got 
the Diary [or so Dobby might have reasoned] LV/TR would not be a threat. Lucius 
only gave the Diary to Ginny after the fight with Arthur. Did Lucius mess up 
LV's plans due to his hatred of Arthur? Further recommendation for the Diary 
being intended for Harry is LV's use of Harry's blood to resurrect himself. 
Perhaps Harry & LV are related, but not through Salazar. Perhaps TR sr had a 
sister who married an Evans. She'd have been Harry's grandmother or great 
grandmother, but the blood connection would be there.

       The Other Cheryl

       


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