Voldemort *inside* Harry's head (mind)? (Was: Re: Wanting or presenting: Was: Snape's reaction to Harry in Slytherin)

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 93533

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Laura Ingalls Huntley 
<lhuntley at f...> wrote:
> <snip>
> This theory feels v. good to me, except for the fact that the voice
> is often benevolent and/or wise (and even once sounds like
> Hermione), which doesn't exactly level w/ the idea that it's a bit
> of Voldy's consciousness stuck in Harry.

Ah you spotted the little whispered voice in Harry's ear (this is fun 
isn't it?). I didn't think that one was really worth mentioning as it 
was a voice in Harry's ear; there are just too many alternative 
explanations: Peeves impersonating Hermione, Hermione under an 
invisibility cloak, Dumbledore in animagus form. But I do think it is 
in fact the separated part of Voldemort's mind doing his best 
impersonation of Hermione's bossy tone of voice.   

Some of the voices Harry hears do seem benevolent and/or wise. Then 
again you have to ask yourself what is the separated part of 
Voldemort's mind trying to do inside Harry. With the striking 
similarities between Harry and Voldemort it seems very likely that he 
will try to lead Harry down the same path he once followed. Something 
which will require a certain amount of restraint and control. And 
possibly sharing Harry's head for the past 15 years is starting to 
have some positive influence on the separated part of Voldemort's 
mind. If the separated part of Voldemort's mind is showing genuine 
concern for Harry's well-being, that is a very positive sign that he 
is perhaps starting to sympathise with Harry. Something which is 
essential if Harry is ever to turn the part of Voldemort inside of 
him human again.  


> Also, "mightmaus75" wrote:
> > In OotP Harry hears a voice inside his head when he is attacked
> > by the Dementors: "But there was no happiness in him... the
> > Dementor's icy fingers were closing on his throat – the high-
> > pitched laughter was growing louder and louder, and a voice spoke
> > inside his head: 'Bow to death, Harry... it might even be
> > painless... I would not know... I have never died.'" We all
> > assume that what Harry heard was the Dementor talking
> > telepathically inside his head, but then the voice says: 'Bow to
> > death, Harry'. Harry was told to bow to death once before.
> > Voldemort used the exact same words in the dark and overgrown
> > graveyard in GoF. Perhaps it wasn't the Dementor Harry heard
> > inside his head.
> 
> Actually, Harry *always* hears Voldemort's voice in his head when 
> Dementors are near -- as making people relive their "worst
> memories" is what Dementors *do*.  Pre-GoF, Harry's worst memory
> was his mother's death.  Post-GoF, it was the Graveyard Scene.  In
> both cases, Harry heard Voldemort's voice reciting lines from those
> instances.

However in the GoF graveyard Voldemort does not continue with the 
words: "it might even be painless... I would not know... I have never 
died." In GoF Voldemort actually repeats his command to bow and goes 
on to say: "And now you face me, like a man..." The voice Harry hears 
during the Dementor attack in OotP certainly is not a literal 
replaying of this scene. 

-Maus