Horcrux question

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 187799

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spa76" <sandie.hans at ...> wrote:

> Are we supposed to think Hermione was so focused she just 
> stabbed it with a basilisk fang straightaway, before Riddle's
> soul could play any mind tricks on her?


zanooda:

I'm not sure the cup Horcrux could play serious mind tricks on Hermione, because it just didn't have enough time to find out what her fears and weaknesses were. Ron has been in contact with the locket for weeks, maybe even months (I can't remember right now when exactly he left, but HRH had the locket from the beginning of September). 

The soul bit in the locket knew exactly *how* to torment Ron, because it had enough time to establish the connection with him ("I have seen your heart, and it is mine"). Besides, Ron seems much more susceptible to "mind tricks" than Harry and Hermione, just look how Veelas affect him :-). So even if the cup tried something on Hermione in the Chamber of Secrets, it was probably not that effective, IMO.