What's wrong with Mrs. Norris?/Ginny's riddle (Was: Colin Creevy/The Basilisk attacks)

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No: HPFGUIDX 113257

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juleczka <jolka55 at p...> wrote:
> > DuffyPoo :
> > In CoS, Riddle says "She [Ginny] set the Serpent of Slytherin on 
four
> > Mudbloods, and the Squib's cat."  Ginny was the one setting the
> > basilisk on people, she knew who were Muggle-borns and who were 
not
> >
> 
> Julia now:
> 
> It strucks me odd that the basilisk attacked the "Squib's cat". 
What for?
> Why did Riddle want to do it? And how did he know that Filch is 
actually a
> squib. Was it some kind of revange on Filch? Maybe Riddle hated 
Filch and
> Mrs Norris as much as everybody else? But wait a second... wasn't 
then in
> Hogwart a different guy? I remember Molly saying something about 
him...
> Maybe it isn't important but still interesting :)
> I thought that Filch being a Squib is some kind of a secret but it 
turns out
> that even young Riddle knows it...
> 
> Another thought came to my mind while analyzing Tom's words. Why 
did nobody
> actually get killed? Was it a coincidence that all five of them 
saw the
> basilisk in some kind of refection? If it was really Ginny setting 
the
> basilisk on them then she wasn't really effective... Or maybe she 
has powers
> "that Dark Lord knows not"? :D Maybe in some way she was 
protecting her
> schoolmates (and animals :) by creating such situations in which 
nobody
> would get seriously harmed? Even under Riddle's influence she 
could think
> properly... very impressive.
> It's just my thought... What do you think?
> 
> Julia

By the time DiaryTom is speaking with Harry it will be clear that 
Filch is a squib because he admits it publicly. We don't know who, 
that heard it (Ron, Harry and Hermione IIRC), would have spread this 
to Ginny but once she knows it then so does DiaryTom - not because 
Ginny writes it to him but because when he's possessing her he can 
read her thoughts.

I always felt in reading of CoS that Ginny was being used simply to 
open the chamber. DiaryTom could take it from there.

If this ISN'T true then why would Ginny not get herself petrified 
like everyone else that came into the presence of the basilisk 
(excepting of course Fawkes who is immune and Harry who knows not to 
look). 

I don't think Mrs Norris was attacked purposely so much as (a) she's 
very nosy and anywhere that there might be trouble (so first on the 
scene) and (b) 'taking her out' means there's less prying eyes for 
subsequent basilisk roamings.

Just some views. Shoot them down in flames if you disagree.

Mac