Tom Riddle in Harry? (Re: BOOK 6 ANNOUNCEMENT ON JKR WEBSITE)

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 103373

I'm dying to find out about this mysterious connection between Tom 
Riddle and Harry. First time around GoF, in "Riddle House" chapter, 
I thought the "pale, dark-hair stranger" boy was Harry. Lol.

> Vivian wrote:
> 
> There is something that has been bothering me for a while though. 
Why 
> does Harry remember Tom Riddle as being a childhood friend that 
was 
> long forgotten?  Memory charm anyone?  Or is Tom Riddle trapped 
> inside Harry's head?  Did Lily's magic split Voldemort in half 
> leaving the undead entity known as vapormort, while vaporRiddle 
> sought refuge in the only body that was alive, baby Harry? <<<

Bren: I can think of another simple reason as to why Harry 
remembered TR as his childhood friend. It could be the effect of the 
magical diary itself. Harry had this familiar feeling after he made 
the physical contact with the diary, right? TR had to have someone 
open the diary for him and befriended it so that he could 
manipulate, I think it's very possible that diary was meant to emit 
the elusive mysterious "old-friend" feeling and thus attract whoever 
to pour their soul out. Look what Ginny did, after all.

Of course this doesn't fit very well with the rest of theory, lol. 
Just a wild thought.

> If DD suspected (or knowing him, already knew) that Tom was now 
> living in Harry, he may have placed Harry at the Dursley's not 
only 
> to protect Harry, but to also keep Tom away from the magical 
> community.

That good-old Smarty. I wonder if DD is the Omniscient on in WW. 
Like the Wizadring Divine force, I mean. More maybe a Divine Prophet.
 
> Was Tom Harry's friend? What does DD's comment "in essence 
divided" 
> mean? 

Got me.

> Why does Harry look at the diary in Cos and have the feeling that 
he 
> wants to finish the story that was started?  Doesn't this sound 
like 
> something someone would say if they were given another chance to 
> rewrite their life?  I've thought this way myself. "If I had only 
> done it this way..."

Hmm, although I don't remember reading that in CoS (mind you, I only 
read it once... Shame, I know)... does this remind you of Stephen 
King's "Secret Window", starring Johnny Depp (smitten, heehee). In 
that story, the mysterious stalker (who insists that the story 
author, Johnny Depp, changes the ending) turns out to be the 
author's traumatized alter ego.

Going along with this, perhaps this could be used as canon to 
support how Tom Riddle is somehow trapped in Harry.

Bren