TR "possessed" by Voldemort? (was Re: Dumbledore knows)

[David & Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 106797


Snow..I clipped some of your e-mail to save space...David

"snow15145" <snow15145 at y...> wrote:
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> COS chap. The Heir of Slytherin pg. 313: "Voldemort," said Riddle
> softly, "is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter
" This
> statement, IMO, leads me to believe that Voldemort is a separate
> entity from Riddle. "Voldemort" said Riddle
" They are as one but 
> not one in the same. This entity, Voldemort, Dark Lord, Dark Wizard,
> Grindlewald, may be Salizar Slytherin who has possessed many over 
> his life span of the undead. 
>
> SS pg. 298 "He is still out there somewhere, perhaps looking for 
> another body to share
 not being truly alive, he cannot be killed
" 
> To vanquish just the shell of the person who has been possessed by
> this entity will not vanquish the entity itself. Quirrell was killed
> and yet the beast within lived on until it reappeared in another's 
> form. SS chap. The Man with Two Faces pg. 293 "See what I have become?"
> the face said. "Mere shadow and vapor
 I have form only when I can 
> share another's body
 but there have always been those willing to let
> me into their hearts and minds
" Those? Must have happened many times
> before.


David:

I've heard this theory before, that Riddle is some nice kid that was 
was possessed by evil V-man. Help me out here, as I've seen no canon 
for this.

V-man clearly states in CoS that he changed his name out of hatred 
for his muggle father. He so resents his mother dying, his father 
abandoning him, and the orphanage up-bringing that he throws off all 
connection by changing his name. Changing his name to something all 
will fear and respect...Voldemort.

He then dedicated his life to the study of the magic and the dark 
arts for one purpose. Namely, to gain the respect, power, and 
control he seems to desperately need.

Again in GoF as he's 'reborn', he has no problem pointing out to 
Harry the grave of his father. He doesn't speak in the third person, 
as if the Tom Riddle life was someone else's. He speaks as if he's 
deliberately thumbing his nose at his past.

Thus, I don't see the possession angle. Unfortunately, we have a 
psycho who's so screwed up mentally over his childhood (how many of 
these in real society have we seen...everyone nutcase?) that the 
creation of V-man is the result.

David