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[catherine higgins]

No: HPFGUIDX 148540


    Gryffindor Chaser inqires:
snipped (Harry) shakes Prof. Quirrells hand. After this, Hargrid mentions that 
Quirrell had been away and never been the same, therefor he is already being 
posessed. So WHY doesn't he get a bad reaction after shaking Harry's hand?

In the movie however, Prof. Quirrell doesn't shake Harry's hand, so others 
who don't pay too much attention may not have noticed.

Any answers?


  Catherine:
  Voldemort doesn't posess Quirrell until *after* his botched attempt at stealing the PS from Gringott's. (Explained at the end of PS/SS) In the book, Quirrell doesn't have the turban at the Bar, but does later at Hogwarts. In the movie, he already has the turban, therefore is already inhabited by Voldemort and unable to touch Harry. In the book, it seems Harry only feels the scar hurt when Quirrell's back is towards him at the banquet, it seems hard to believe that his scar *never* hurts when he has DADA with Quirrell. I never understood that....
   
  Catherine