Changeling Hypothesis: Is it flawed?

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 112556

charme wrote:
> I have been reading Mugglenet and RedHen's essays on the Changeling
> Hypothesis, and I'm wondering if anyone else has at least a 
question about a
> statement in canon made by TR in CoS as it relates to these 
theories.
> Specifically, Tom tells Harry in the Chamber that he began to pour 
a little
> of his soul into Ginny.  Much is made of Harry having 2 souls in 
the
> Changeling Hypothesis, and I'm wondering why this canon is 
excluded from
> those theories; I'm thinking that Harry only has a *piece* of TR's 
soul, and
> questioning  if there could possibly be other pieces out there in 
the WW?
> We know that TR/LV was experimenting with ways to avoid 
death....that's not
> to say Harry doesn't have a substantial piece, but what does Ginny 
have?
> Who or what else has one? If TR is just a memory in a diary, how 
can he
> "pour a little" of a soul he doesn't have into Ginny?

Yb now:
I kinda took it to be a figure of speech: He's sharing secrets, but 
she's sharing more, since Diary!Tom has the power to control her, 
and eventually begin sucking her life. Plus, if that isn't true, 
maybe TR put a little of his soul in the Diary, to make it a little 
more "feely," so it could connect with the user a little more.

~Yb