Pillar of Storge (was Re: What if Snape is using the penseive like DD...)

[marshbur at cs.unc.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 102974

vmonte responds:

"The more clever Potter fans may recognize that 
the title relates directly to both 'Order of the 
Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.' I will be 
highly amused if one of you can guess exactly 
what's going on!"

In CoS: We are introduced to Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort. In CoS Harry 
believes that T. M. Riddle "seemed to mean something to him, almost 
as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and 
had half-forgotten." page 233-234 US paperback 

And in OOTP: Voldemort realizes the mental connection he has with 
Harry and tries to manipulate his thoughts.



David now:

So, one of the things I've been thinking about for a while is how
Harry will possibly defeat VM.  It doesn't seem Harry is a magically
powerful in a "traditional" sense.  It also doesn't seem in keeping
with the spirit of the books that Harry would use the killing curse,
for instance, to get rid of VM.  One might assume that Harry will use
the power that VM has not to defeat VM.  One might further assume that
this is connected to the power Harry had, at the end of OotP, to drive
VM out of his mind from his love of Sirius.  Given that the title of
book 6 is purportedly having to do with the love of a parent for a
child, I'm lead to wonder if this parent-child love will be
instrumental in VM's final defeat.

It is of note that Tom Riddle/VM never experienced any parent-child
love in his life (as far as we know).

I can hypothesize a number of things related to this:

- It seems possible that this Pillar of Storge will be a real object
in the books, as others have speculated, and that it is somehow
powered by parent-child love (which is, perhaps, that most ancient of
magics).

- It might be that there is some familial connection between Harry and
Tom Riddle.  Looking at a family tree, a link like this might appear
to be a pillar.  As other have noted, we have heard nothing of Harry's
grandparents (and further back).  It might be reasonable for Harry,
upon finding out that VM was his only living relative to reach out in
some way.  Maybe some long-delayed rush of storge will cause VM to
crack (one interpretation of the prophesy would be that Harry will
destroy VM, not necessarily Tom Riddle).  This also makes sense with
Rowling's "Sirius had to die" comment, since Sirius' death further
alienates Harry from any relations and makes all the more valuable to
Harry a living, non-Dursley relative.  Alternatively, could Tom Riddle
be a relative on the Dursley side, somehow?

(I believe this is my first wacky theory on HPfGU *bow*)

cheers,
-David