Riddle AND Voldemort in the Chamber (was RE: [HPforGrownups] Half Blood Prince Theory)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 107642

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, David Gabbard 
<davidagabbard at y...> wrote:
> 
>       Brenda wrote:
> 
>       "There is a passage in COS where Dobby tells Harry he was 
giving him a
> clue about Tom Riddle, not Voldemort, because he had not changed 
his name
> yet at that point. This clearly defines that in JKR's world Tom and
> Voldemort are not considered one and the same. COS was about Harry 
and Tom
> Riddle. I think HBP will be about Harry learning more about why 
Tom Riddle
> became Voldemort."
> 
> Now David Comments and then Asks:
> 
> I've heard the "Dobby thinks they're different so JKR must think 
they're different" statement as evidence to the theory that JKR 
considers T. Riddle and Lord Voldemort to be separate - and I can 
understand why. 
> 
> What I don't understand is: 
> 
> Chamber of Secrets, American Edition, P318 - After Riddle has 
called forth the Basilisk:
> 
> "Then he heard *Riddle's* hissing voice:
> 
> Kill him.
> 
> The basilisk was moving toward Harry; he could hear its heavy body 
slithering heavily across the dusty floor. Eyes still tightly shut, 
Harry began to run blindly sideways, his hands outstretched, feeling 
his way -- *Voldemort* was laughing--" (Emphases mine)
> 
> If Riddle and Voldemort are not one and the same, then when did 
Voldemort appear for Harry to be able to hear his laughter? or Why 
does JKR call the spirit from the diary by both names?
> 

SSSusan:
I think it's possible that this simply means that Harry heard the 
*sound* of Voldemort's laughter, that is, that he *recognized* it as 
Voldemort's, from his own flashbacks of his mother's death.  Maybe 
the way TR laughed managed to be carried on into his Voldy form. 

Siriusly Snapey Susan