[HPforGrownups] Re: Another mysterious message

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 165863

> > Eggplant wrote:
> >> "While Harry was sure he had never heard the name T.M. Riddle
> > before, it still seemed to mean something to him, almost as though
> > Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and had
> > half-forgotten. <snip>"
> >> (Chamber of Secrets, 233-34)
> >>
> >> I've read 4 Potter books since then but I still don't know what that
> > was all about. A friend?!
> >
> > Carol responded:
> > I think Harry's reaction to the name is part of the spell that's
> > designed to draw the reader in to interact with Memory!Tom by writing
> > in the diary.
> >
> > ... Harry's reaction occurs before he has interacted with the diary,
> > after simply reading the name, but I still thinks that's just part of
> > the way the diary is designed, to lure the reader into writing in it
> > and conversing with the seemingly charming Tom.
> >
> > Carol, a voice crying in the wilderness with whom nobody is likely to
> > agree
>
> Shelley followed:
>
> Actually Carol, I think you are correct. The Diary casts a friendly spell
> over the holder, so that they aren't likely to throw the Diary out or ignore
> it as if it were insignificant. It calls to the person, like a soft spoken
> Siren. ...


Kemper concurs:
I, too, believe the Diary has a Charm charm and not because I detest
Horcrux Harry.  I see the Diary less a soft spoken Siren and more a
Venus Flytrap.  The reader is lured into the pages, is allowed to
write a bit, until the writer triggers the trap, snaring her, and
letting the Diary suck the juicy soul at its leisure.

Of course one would wonder why Lucius wasn't compelled to read the
Diary.  Or maybe he was and the Diary told him to get it back to
Hogwarts.  How else would Lucius know it was cause damage?  My reading
of the Dark Lord isn't that he shares information readily.

Kemper