Tom Riddle and the RoR - when

[talamariam]

No: HPFGUIDX 181801

> Carol responds:
>
> "Greener/more poisonous tones"? Dear me! I'm not sure what you mean
> by "greener" and I certainly wasn't aiming for "poisonous"--I was
> actually just trying to sort out my thoughts on the subject, so if
> you sensed a tone of confusion, you'd be correct!

Haw haw!
I was talking about RedHen's cs - the confirmed 'gnostics' - when I
wrote that confusing comment. Years back, I always got the feeling
that Carol is one of the 'true-blue'  - but lately after DH I have
seen that sometime 'your faith wavered'.  Not that it matters much
anyway .. this is no holy-book, there ain't no saint-Rowling!

Lets just drop the poisonous thingies :P


> Carol:
> Anyway, you're probably right that Tom found the RoR as a
> schoolboy, possibly when he was looking for the CoS, and it makes
> sense that he used it to hide the diary until he was ready to give
> it to someone.
>
> <snip Horcrux analysis>
>
> Anyway, that's the history as it makes sense to me now that I've
> thought about it and considered other viewpoints.


This is a good summary of 'the history of horcruxes' -- the only
comment I want to make is that the tiara / diadem was found in ROR
within Hogwarts, and the most probable timing of TR/LV putting it
there is during that interview for DADA.  It fits.

It is always fascinating that JKR 'managed' (some people would say
she didn't!) to put a (somewhat!) coherent backstory into a story that was seen in a very narrow pov (HP's).  It is indeed better than a lot of other books (or Book!)

I am glad if we can have more of these backstory diggings .. especially before saint-Rowling erm .. JKR -- releases her compendium! RedHen's pre-HBP backstory speculations are sometimes (actually most of the times!) more interesting than the actual JKR.  So is Carol's.

JKR's may not be as interesting, only that she owned the story --
sigh! (sighing in a good way :P)

tal