Firenze and Forests (Was Re: Trelawney's Future Role)

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No: HPFGUIDX 97427

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" <carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> 
> Carolyn:
> A post from the old Yahoo Club archives (3761) offers an interesting 
> perspective on this, suggesting that DD might be preparing Harry for 
> a role that once might have been Tom's.
> 
> The theory is based on the similarity between Tom and Harry (looks, 
> background etc). It could be that after Salazar left, the remaining 
> three founders left some kind of information for future 
> headmasters/heads of house which would help them identify the 
> champion who could eternally help fight the good fight against the 
> divisive evil that Salazar had created, and which would always 
> threaten the WW if left unchecked.
> 
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Now that sounds fascinating. Must check on that one.
Don't agree, of course - that would be too easy, abandoning a pet
theory without a struggle. For one thing, when Tom and DD meet 
in the diary flash-back there's no hint of acolyteand mentor, no 
closeness at all, though there's little enough to go on.

It's the concept of Salazars's evil still stalking the corridors of Hogwarts
(well, the Chamber, but you know what I mean) that adds the piquancy.
Is  it that  a Tom/Harry type personality  attracts Sally and so can
be used as bait, or is it that they are somehow more likely to resist?

Hmm. I can't help but remember that at GH Lily didn't say "Don't kill
Harry," she said "Don't take Harry" - words which can mean the same
thing or indicate an entirely different situation, something that's been
discussed here before.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I'll slide into the archives
for a closer look.

So many theories, so little time. 

Kneasy