Voldemort *inside* Harry's head (mind)?

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 93495

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenjar2001" <jenjar2001 at y...> 
wrote:
> Jenjar responds:
> 
> I'm very interested in your theory.  The whole voices thing has 
> really got me thinking.  

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> I can definitely see how many of the 
> instances sound like LV - especially the "bow to death" instance
> you pointed out.  But...what about the following instances?
> 
> Maus wrote:
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> > and other voices, maybe in Harry's own head, crying, 'Harry!
> > Harry!'" Harry hears more than one voice crying 'Harry! Harry!'.
> > One of these voices certainly is Dumbledore coming just in time
> > to pull Harry away from Professor Quirrell, but who does the
> > other voice belong to? 
> 
> Jenjar responds:
> 
> Why would LV be calling Harry?  It sounds like someone who cares 
> about or loves him...like maybe his Mom or Dad?  

I'm not sure why the part of Voldemort's mind inside Harry would call 
out his name. I was just trying to present all the instances in which 
Harry hears a voice inside his head as objectively as possible. 

The separated part of Voldemort may have gotten somewhat attached to 
Harry, after all Harry has been his only link to the outside world 
for the past 15 years. The separated part of Voldemort's mind may 
also not have been sure if he himself would survive if Harry was to 
die.
 

> Maus wrote:
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> > But if he had remembered... if he had thought about 
> > it... what would he have expected? Not this, said a small and 
> > truthful voice inside his head."   
> 
> Jenjar responds:
> 
> Again, why would LV say this?  It doesn't seem to accomplish
> anything for LV, it really just validates Harry which again is
> something I would suspect more from someone who loves Harry.

Actually he validates the fact that Ron's appointment as prefect over 
Harry is unexpected, not a very constructive contribution. But the 
entire conversation is much more complicated than this. See post 
#93478 by Laura for the entire exchange. 

I have no idea what the separated part of Voldemort's mind might be 
trying to accomplish here. He could be cleverly using reverse 
psychology, trying to make Harry defend himself. Nothing like a bit 
of self-congratulation to build an ego. Or perhaps he is trying to 
make Harry doubt Dumbledore's faith in Harry.


> Maus wrote:
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> > And again in OotP hears a small voice inside his head when the
> > two-way mirror fails to contact Sirius: "Nothing happened. The
> > frustrated face looking back out of the mirror was still,
> > definitely, his own... 
> > Sirius didn't have his mirror on him when he went through the 
> > archway, said a small voice in Harry's head. That's why it's not 
> > working... Harry remained quite still for a moment, then hurled
> > the mirror back into the trunk where it shattered."
> 
> Jenjar responds:
> 
> This instance most of all seems like something a loved one would
> tell him - Why would LV want to give Harry hope?  Why would LV even
> care about this?

The separated part of Voldemort's mind does not give Harry hope, he 
dismisses a very promising option of contacting Sirius beyond the 
veil. As a result Harry smashes the mirror. 

I'm sure the separated part of Voldemort's mind would not like to see 
Harry communicating with Sirius too much. Sirius could function as a 
support and source of advice to Harry. More importantly Harry's 
unresolved feelings about Sirius' death are exactly what the 
separated part of Voldemort's mind needs to slowly steer Harry down 
the dark path.    

  
> I can buy the idea that LV may be one of voices in Harry's head,
> some of the time but I think there's got to be something else going
> on here.  I hope maybe it's a connection to a loved one.  Maybe
> part of his Mom's sacrifice enabled a mindlink between them that
> extends beyond the veil...

Would his mother tell him to kill Sirius?

-Maus