What to Make of Tom Riddle's Clues?

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 114413

Jim wrote:
> From that perspective, I took recent notice when I coincidentally 
> turned to an HBO showing of Chamber of Secrets just at the point 
> where the diary-preserved Tom Riddle was exposing and explaining 
> himself to Harry, in the Chamber. 
> 
> Tom explained that his diary self had changed goals as the school 
> year advanced, turning away from a goal of destroying school 
> Mudbloods like Hermione to instead focus on Harry as his target 
> based on what he was learning about Harry from Ginny's writings. 
> 
> While Riddle doesn't fully explain himself, I think he provides 
> enough information that, when added to other information discussed 
> in here, provides insight to be factored into prognostications on 
> what JKR has in store for us! My burning question is why does 
> Riddle see destroying Harry to be more important than the Salazar 
> Slytherin inspired goal of using the Chamber's basilisk to rid the 
> school of mudbloods? I think it is more than just that Harry was 
> perceived to be a threat to himself, that Harry represents 
> something far more than that.

Yb:
(Gasp of Shock!) THE MEDIA-THAT-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED!!!

There has been some argument over this, mostly because of a little 
green guy with tennis-ball eyes. Dobby was worried for Harry at the 
beginning of CoS: why? Was Lucius after him to begin with, or did 
Dobby think HP was in danger because he's considered a half-blood, 
or something else? And TR called HP his " 'new' target". If the plan 
was to get HP all along, why would TR say that?

Did TR had any idea who HP was until Ginny told Diary!Tom all about 
him? I don't think he did. He wants to know everything he can about 
Harry, including how he survived. And, like the "human" (if you can 
call him that) Voldemort, he wants to prove he is stronger than 
Potter, which is another (and probably the main reason) for getting 
Harry down in the chamber. Diary!Tom's Salazar work isn't finished, 
per se, but all the muggle-borns and half-bloods would be out of the 
school if he succeeded in killing Ginny (and probably Harry): 
Hogwarts would close. Thus Salazar's work /would/ be completed, just 
not in a direct way.

~Yb, who is impressed with the use of the word "prognostications." 
Sure haven't heard /that/ one on the list before.