[HPforGrownups] The Voice in Little Harry's Head was replies to: 1500-some posts

[sunnylove0 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 115869

In a message dated 10/17/2004 11:07:42 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
catlady at wicca.net writes:

> <<Has anyone wondered though why Harry is such a well-adjusted child
> despite all the emotional abuse from the Dursleys from (it seems) the
> time he was only one yr. old? I mean, the poor kid doesn't have a
> friend in the world, not even a dog or cat, til he goes to Hogwarts.>>
> 
> Yes. And I have a theory. I think I think Lily was able, with her
> magic, to put an image of herself in her baby's mind, that would be
> like an 'imaginary mum' (by analogy with 'imaginary friend') who would
> cuddle Harry and tell him that he's a good kid who doesn't deserve
> Dursley abuse and tell him about how decent people behave, thus being
> that one caring adult ("example of goodness" in previous paragraph)
> said to be necessary to even a 'resilient' child's survival of serious
> abuse... 

Hmmm......the sweet version.

What about.....

"And while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T.M Riddle before, it 
still seemed to mean something to him, almost as though Riddle was a friend 
he'd had when he was very small, and had half-forgotten.  But this was absurd.  
He'd never had friends before Hogwarts, Dudley had made sure of that."
COS, American edition, Chapter 13, pp 233-234

Is this simply an extension of the " trust me, help me, I'm trapped in this 
diary and I want to be your friend" bit Riddle uses to ensnare Ginny?  Or is 
this somehow true?

I believe someone (I think it was Kneasy in one of his What Really Happened 
at Godric's Hollow posts ...dang Yahoomort)  posited the theory that Voldemort 
did not try to AK Harry (one flash of green light in Harry's vision, not two) 
but instead tried to possess him, activating Lily's protection but leaving 
behind the extra powers like parseltongue but also Tom Riddle's soul.  ( saying 
that the pain in Harry's scar comes from TMR's soul trying to reunite with the 
rest of Voldemort, which  certainly makes the prophecy more sinister, but I 
digress)

What I'm trying to say is, what if the voice in Harry's head is Tom Riddle?  
It wouldn't be hard for him, even the part that is evil,  to say that kids, 
especially magical kids, don't deserve treatment like this from muggles, Tom 
must have said it to himself 300 times at the orphanage.  

Just a thought. (albeit a disturbing one, and now I sound like Steve.)

Amber


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