A tunnel, a diary and a memory.....

[karen_lvssr]

No: HPFGUIDX 113639

Geoff writes
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> 
> Where has the diary been in the intervening 50 years? Has 
Lucius had 
> it (how old was he in 1942?)? If so, why has it apparently not 
been 
> used? Did he know how to access it?

Karen L.,
Lucius would not have known TMR personally, (he's too young, 
probably young 40's), but his father or grandfather could have 
been one of TMR/LV friends that Tom mentions to Harry.

"I AM LORD VOLDEMORT, You see? he whispered, 'It was a 
name I was already using at Hogwarts, to my most intimate 
friends only, of course.'" (COS UK pg.464)

Luius's grandfather most likely was one of his intimate friends 
and when TMR left Hogwarts he may have left the diary with the 
Malfoy family for safe keeping.  Lucius has to know about Quirrel 
via Draco and therefore is aware that LV is trying to return.  IMO 
Lucius has held onto the diary until a time that it would be useful 
to LV.  I think He gave it to Ginny possibly out of spite or anger at 
Arthur Weasley after meeting and fighting with him in the 
bookstore.  



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 . But.... When the wretched book reappears 
> in 1992, why didn't Lucius try to get to the Chamber himself or 
why 
> not give it to Draco and get him to create mayhem and mischief 
rather 
> than  give it to Ginny who might not even get as far as trying to 
use 
> it? I wonder whether Lucius knew precisely what it was or 
whether he 
> dumped it onto Ginny in the hope that she might be a vehicle 
for it 
> to lead to the undermining of Dumbledore's influence and the 
possible 
> end of Hogwarts.

Karen L .again,
Lucius must have known that the person whom would bring 
back TMR would lose their life in order to bring him -LV back.  I 
can't imagine that Lucius would sacrifice his own son even for 
that purpose.   I'm thinking he gave it to Ginny knowing that LV 
can be very persuasive, and out of spite to Arthur Weasley.

"If I say it myself, Harry, I've always been able to charm the 
people I needed"  (COS, UK ed., page 458)

It doesn't seem to matter who gets the diary, TMR can charm the 
pants off of anyone.
> 

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> Finally, the memory "preserved in a diary for fifty years" (COS 
"The 
> Heir of Slytherin" p.227 UK edition).
> 
> Again, questions, questions
. Has Tom Riddle been able to 
take on a 
> form in those fifty years? Frequently - or not at all until Ginny 
> came along to provide the way for him to regain shape? Was 
Memory!Tom 
> able to leave the confines of the Chamber? Is he only able to 
> function as a message writer when someone actually writes in 
the 
> book? What triggers him into "Projection" mode?
> 
> Tom Riddle, he of the Chamber of Secrets, is one of Jo 
Rowling's more 
> interesting creations, reminding me slightly of the holodecks in 
Star 
> Trek. He was apparently around, probably dormant, while 
Voldemort was 
> still creating terror and havoc. So, what is or was his function?

Karen L, one last time,
I think the function of TMR is to bring back LV.  If TMR had 
returned to a solid form, LV could have used his younger body, 
with the memories and powers of his present self.  He wasn't 
able to leave 
the diary until someone poured their soul into it.

"So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to 
be exactly what I wanted.  I grew stronger and stronger on a diet 
of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets.  I grew powerful, far 
more powerful that little Miss Weasley.  Powerful enough to start 
feeding Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start pouring a little 
of my soul back into her..."  (COS, UK ed, page 458-459)

I am positive that I have missed something.  But I have tried my 
best.  Tom Riddle is a puzzle!!




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