Musings on Dobby,Horcruxes, and MPD!LV Was:Snape and use of "The Dark Lord"

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No: HPFGUIDX 167168

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:
>
>
> Anne Squires wrote:
> > Like I said earlier, when I first read this I thought it was a cheap
> shot on the part of the author. <snip> At the time I was thinking that
> Harry had guessed correctly and Dobby knew it all along.  Why play
> this stupid game with both Harry and the reader? <snip>
> > 
> > Later, of course, I realized that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named really
> and truly had nothing whatsoever to do with the plot of CoS.  We have
> been told that Lucius Malfoy was behind the whole thing. That LV's
> anger, upon hearing about this blotched plot, was great to behold. 
> One of his Horcruxes had been sacrificed for nothing.
> 
> Carol responds:
> I had a similar reaction, though not so violent. :-) It took me awhile
> to realize that Ginny's encounter with Diary!Tom would not in itself
> convince Percy that Voldemort was back, that Diary!Tom was a kind of
> manifestation of Voldemort, complete with his personality at an early
> age, but was not Voldemort himself. (I still wonder what would happen
> if Vapormort had met this younger version of himself. Would they have
> been allies or rivals or would they have merged into a single entity
> that looked like sixtee-year-old Tom Riddle?) 



Now Pat:

I have always wondered about this, too, and this quote came to mind:

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http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=17

question:
In 'Chamber of Secrets,' what would have happened if Ginny had died
and Tom Riddle had escaped the diary?

answer:
I can't answer that fully *until all seven books are finished,*
(emphasis mine) but it would have strengthened the present-day
Voldemort considerably.

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So it appears that there might be more on this in DH.  If LV had been
restored to his body at that time, would there be two LVs today?  If
TR had escaped the diary, it seems obvious that they would not have
worked from separate viewpoints or essences or whatever: they would
have worked together, or he would not have been stronger today.  Just
what might have happened - any ideas?

Thanks,
Pat 

~Pat