LV's experiments (Changeling!Harry varient theory)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 122465


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Valky wrote:
> the Alan Rickman quotes about respect and admiration that were 
recently put up here for us by someone very helpful (thankyou), seem 
to suggest that Snape would have some loyalty to the charming and 
clever Tom Riddle, if he indeed ever knew him as that. > 
> 
> Carol responds:
> Considering that Riddle was 33 years older than Snape and 
disappeared fifteen years before Snape was born, returning when 
Snape was a schoolboy so changed that he was unrecognizable, I'd say 
that the chances of Snape and Riddle being "old friends" are slim to 
none. I'm guessing that Snape saw him for the first time when he 
joined the DEs at about age eighteen, at which time Voldemort was 51 
and had long since dropped his identity as Tom Riddle.
>

Valky again:
Yes you're quite right Carol, but I just realised something. Tom 
Riddle was a popular respected and admired Slytherin student at 
Hogwarts.  When Harry first comes to Gryffindor he was told about a 
past student that was the pride of the House in his time, Charlie 
Weasley. We are given Rons perspective that he worries he won't be 
able to compare to Charlie. Now think about Slytherin house when 
Severus is a boy. The pride of Slytherin house, their former Head 
Boy and saviour of Hogwarts Tom Riddle. At this time I can imagine 
that Tom Riddle might have become a role model and idol for Severus.
Dumbledore notes that when Riddle returned as Voldemort hardly 
anyone recognised him. So there is a good chance that noone in 
Snapes circle was able to make the connection between Tom and 
Voldemort for him, and hence he went on admiring the *other* 
Slytherin Boy who came from tragedy, Tom became great, so could he.

So instead we could find that Sevvie projects himself onto child Tom 
and believes in a second chance for him in that way.  


Carol wrote:
> Is there any evidence to indicate that Voldemort wasn't already
> snake-faced in VW1? And in any case, he would have *used* the
> ambitious boy to further his personal agenda rather than 
befriending him.
> 

Valky:
There is a grey area there, DD says he was unrecognisable so he 
definitely changed, but I wonder did he change more over that 11 
years. 

The answer is probably yes but in terms of my theory it doesn't help 
because he was already unrecognisable. If Snape was into anything 
about Tom it was his status as a former Slytherin.