My past, present, and future

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98153

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "probonoprobono" <probono at r...>
wrote:
> ... quote from Tom Riddle in CoS: 
> 
> "Voldemort," said Riddle softly, "is my past, present, and future, 
> Harry Potter . . . ."
> 
> .... Why would Tom Riddle refer to Voldemort as his "past"? With all 
> the recent discussion about who might have mentored Tom Riddle in the 
> Dark Arts, I thought I'd throw this out and see what you all make of 
> it. At the moment, I have no theories myself.
> 
> -Tanya


bboy_mn:

That thought passed through my mind too, but I wrote it off as, not
Tom Riddle speaking, but Diary!Tom Riddle. Diary!Tom Riddle seems well
aware that he is not the original but a product of the diary, a diary
that is nearly 50 years old. So from the perspectve of that diary,
Diary!Tom can accurately say, that Voldemort is his 'Past, Present,
and Future'. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn