Another mysterious message

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 165872

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:

> > 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 responds:

> I know that some people (probably half the members of this group)
> think that Harry's reaction is related to his being a Horcrux (his
> soul bit identifies with Tom Riddle), but I don't agree with that
> interpretaion, not being a Harry!Horcrux advocate. 
> 
> 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. 

zanooda:

Hehe, I'm definitely one of "some people" Carol is hinting at 
(meaning Harry!Horcrux theory supporters). However, I find the idea 
of a charm attracting people to the diary very sensible. There is no 
way Teen!Riddle could have known *who* would find his diary in the 
future, and he certainly couldn't know anything about our Harry!
Horcrux theories :-).

Logically, a person who finds the diary should be compelled to just 
throw it away due to it's complete uselessness. Even if it happened 
to be a person who likes to write in a diary, why would he/she use 
someone else's old diary with the outdated calendar instead of 
his/her own new diary? Carol is right to assume that Teen!Riddle 
needed to find some way to make people keep *his* diary, IMO.

Of course I would like to believe that Harry felt like he knew Tom 
Riddle because of the LV's soul-bit, but this absolutely doesn't 
exclude the possibility of the diary being enchanted. Maybe Harry 
*didn't* need the charm to want to keep the diary, but any other 
person would. 

zanooda, thinking that Harry!Horcrux and Enchanted!Diary ideas can 
coexist peacefully