HP and the Half-Baked Postulation

[Someone]

No: HPFGUIDX 126895



I'm fairly certain this has been discussed before (what *hasn't*?), 
but in the light of all this recent cover-art euphoria, I'm gonna 
take another shot at it
 

Has anyone wondered what other symptoms of Harry and Voldy's ever-
deepening kinship might develop in HBP? What about the manifestation 
of some more of these "powers" Voldy charitably proffered Harry some 
16 years before?

In OOTP, Harry began to gain access to Voldy's thoughts, and there 
was a distinctive legilimency-ness to the phenomenon, even though it 
was merely that unique scar-connection showing its wares. Still, 
there's a rather useful analogy there, IMO. Now, Snape tells us that 
a sufficiently skilled Legilimens (Hope I'm spelling that right) can 
gain access not just to another's thoughts, but to their memories as 
well

*so*, will Harry in HBP (inadvertently) work his way further and 
further into Voldy's mind, thereby obtaining access, perhaps, to 
Voldy/Tom Riddle's deepest, darkest memories?

The "evidence" supporting such an outrageous supposition:
1. Chapter One, it seems, will give us some sort of account of GH 
[see JKR's site—"extra stuff"]. Could JKR use a style here similar 
to that in Chapter One of GoF? Something along the lines of; Voldy's 
recollection of GH slips into Harry's dreams; or otherwise is 
planted there as part of an elaborate ruse to again lure him into 
the Dark Lord's waiting arms (with the culmination to arrive ten 
months later, of course); we see everything; Harry wakes up, scar 
throbbing with pain such as he had never experienced before.

2. The book cover showing Harry & DD looking into the pensieve (and 
looking rather worried, I have to say) could be this very memory: 
their relationship being much more open now, Harry promptly tells DD 
about what he has dreamt, DD extracts the memory and transfers to 
the pensieve for his own consumption, thus is able to reach some new 
and startling conclusions about the "connection" that, as Harry 
says, he's never been able to explain satisfactorily. 

3. JKR has said we will find out quite a lot more about Voldy's past 
in this book—what turned him rotten, how he obtained near-
immortality and survived GH, etc. Giving Harry access to Voldy/Tom's 
memories would be a rather convenient way of doing this, I think. 
After all, she must surely be running out of novel reasons for Harry 
to fall into the pensieve so that he/we can find out important back-
story.


Anyone want to add to it? Or else, strike it down?


John, hoping we get some of these BIG questions answered on July 16 
(OOTP was *so* disappointing in that regard!).