Long lived - Lily's spell will remove Tom Riddle from HP's head

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 100994

Kneasy wrote:

...Voldy is Tom plus something else IMO, something that was in the
Chamber. Something that had been hanging around, tapping it's foot,
waiting for somebody like Tom to turn up and be possessed and do it's
bidding. Something that in form is very like the vapour of the Vapour!
Mort formed after Godrics Hollow and Crumble!Quirrell. It wasn't a
spell that created the vaprous entity - that was it's natural form;
take away the body it's possessing and that's what's left.
It'll hang around, weakened until it finds another victim. And it's
damn near immortal; as DD says "Not being truly alive he cannot be
killed" (PS chap 17) And unrepentantly evil to boot.


vmonte responds:

I like your theory Kneasy, and there has to be some reason why DD
goes after Grindewald and then (happens to) immediately turn up at
Hogwarts during Tom Riddle's time. Something has to connect these
two events! I'm guessing that JKR hasn't mentioned Grindewald
because knowing what he was about may give something else away.

JKR has mentioned (I think someone pointed this out previously) in
one of her talks (Albert Hall?) that she wanted to show in the Potter
series how difficult fighting evil was because even when defeated
someone is always ready to take over in it's place. This seems to go
along with your theory.

The other theory that comes to mind is the one that explains that
Vapormort is now soulless because during the GH attack Voldemort's 
essence was ripped in half. It's "The Tom Riddle's soul is now
living in Harry theory."  This also seems to make sense as to why
Harry remembers Tom Riddle as a childhood friend.

If we add my theory that Harry will go back in time it may be because
TR's soul must be removed from Harry.  And perhaps only Lily's spell 
can rectify this.  (Im reminded of the steam that shoots out of 
Harry's head in the PoA movie.)

Also many people believe that Grindewald represents a kind of Hitler
figure since he was defeated in 1945. Hitler was pure evil, a
murderer of countless non-magical folk/muggles. I don't know why I'm
reminded of Arthur Weasley who adores muggles. Arthur has also 
brought up his children to be very respectful of non-magical folk.

If the children learn about Grindewald in history class next year and
Ron makes a comment about what he'd have done to Grindewald if was
alive during that time, then this could go along with my feeling
that Ron=DD.

vivian