[HPforGrownups] Re: Time-turning

[Saitaina]

No: HPFGUIDX 112565

Inge wrote:

<How can Tom Riddle even say that Voldemort is his
past, present and
future. At the time Riddle is only 16 years old
and Voldemort is - at
that point - not in his past or present - only in
his future...>

Actually, at that point of the book, Voldemort was
a part of Tom Riddle's past.  Tom Riddle was very
close to becoming a living, breathing human being
via Ginny when he was speaking.  He knew
everything that had gone on thanks to Ginny, and
he knows that via Lucius, Voldemort helped him on
his way to becoming human again.  That makes
Voldemort a part of his new past.

Not only that but Tom was also already using the
name of Voldemort at school (during his time, of
which the memory remembers).  There is no telling
how long he was using it amongst his friends,
which makes "Voldemort" part of his past and
present.

Granted the scaly, snake like disappointment we
all know and love wasn't a part of Tom's past, but
the ideas, the plan, the power, the very name.
That was all very much a part of Tom's past and
present (I discount future in this sentence
because that's were scaly man lives...and he's not
Tom).


Saitaina
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