Harry Potter Thoughts...
Oct. 22nd, 2005 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1. Their names are both very common, as proven with the phrase "Every Tom, Dick, and Harry". Let's not make any jokes about where Dick is, now....
2. They are reputed to look alike - hair color, build, etc.
3. They both had unhappy childhoods with "the muggles". Whether or not Tom's childhood could've been happier if he weren't, y'know, a sociopath is left up to the reader. However, it is interesting to note that many sociopaths were abused as children, and, of course, institutions are rife with abuse, especially then.
4. They both are Parselmouths. It is possible that Harry inherited this skill directly from Tom.
5. They are both consistently refered to by other people with titles instead of their real names.
6. They both were suited for Slytherin.
7. They're both defined as half-blood by Wizarding culture. Additionally, the way they were raised should've marked them as "muggle-born", even though technically they're not.
8. They both were able to open the Chamber of Secrets. Riddle was able to do this because he was the Heir of Slytherin. Harry did this through luck and pluck.
9. They have related wands. This is unlikely to be a coincidence.
10. Hogwarts was the first home either of them had
We know what some of the Horcruces are:
Slytherin's ring
Hufflepuff's locket
Something from Ravenclaw
Something (most likely) from Gryffindor
The diary
We have speculation about the other two. The most popular speculation that I've seen (and I've only glanced casually at this, so I might be rehashing old ground) is that the other two Horcruces are Nagini and, for some reason, Harry's Scar.
*taps foot*
I've never liked the Harry's Scar idea. It seems too pat, too.... no. I really don't see that.
But here's something I haven't seen mentioned. Why wouldn't he, say, Horcrucify his trophy? The one he got for Special Services? That'd be clever, wouldn't it? First off, it's something of his, and proof of his role as Slytherin's Heir. Secondly, it relates to the school, something which preoccupies him. Third, and most important, it'd be hidden right under his enemy's nose. This would protect it doubly - not only because they'd be unlikely to look for cut-up souls in their own school, but because they'd be forced to protect it while protecting the school. And they'd keep it all nice and shiny in the process, with generations of schoolchildren doing detentions. It's perfect.
We know that Voldie never attacked Hogwarts. Is it because of Dumbledore that this was so? Because he loved the school, and didn't want to attack it unless he could do so without destroying it? Or because he didn't want to risk destroying his trophy?
This is all speculation, of course, but I can see JKR making the trophy a Horcrux far more than I can see the Scar theory. What think you?
2. They are reputed to look alike - hair color, build, etc.
3. They both had unhappy childhoods with "the muggles". Whether or not Tom's childhood could've been happier if he weren't, y'know, a sociopath is left up to the reader. However, it is interesting to note that many sociopaths were abused as children, and, of course, institutions are rife with abuse, especially then.
4. They both are Parselmouths. It is possible that Harry inherited this skill directly from Tom.
5. They are both consistently refered to by other people with titles instead of their real names.
6. They both were suited for Slytherin.
7. They're both defined as half-blood by Wizarding culture. Additionally, the way they were raised should've marked them as "muggle-born", even though technically they're not.
8. They both were able to open the Chamber of Secrets. Riddle was able to do this because he was the Heir of Slytherin. Harry did this through luck and pluck.
9. They have related wands. This is unlikely to be a coincidence.
10. Hogwarts was the first home either of them had
We know what some of the Horcruces are:
Slytherin's ring
Hufflepuff's locket
Something from Ravenclaw
Something (most likely) from Gryffindor
The diary
We have speculation about the other two. The most popular speculation that I've seen (and I've only glanced casually at this, so I might be rehashing old ground) is that the other two Horcruces are Nagini and, for some reason, Harry's Scar.
*taps foot*
I've never liked the Harry's Scar idea. It seems too pat, too.... no. I really don't see that.
But here's something I haven't seen mentioned. Why wouldn't he, say, Horcrucify his trophy? The one he got for Special Services? That'd be clever, wouldn't it? First off, it's something of his, and proof of his role as Slytherin's Heir. Secondly, it relates to the school, something which preoccupies him. Third, and most important, it'd be hidden right under his enemy's nose. This would protect it doubly - not only because they'd be unlikely to look for cut-up souls in their own school, but because they'd be forced to protect it while protecting the school. And they'd keep it all nice and shiny in the process, with generations of schoolchildren doing detentions. It's perfect.
We know that Voldie never attacked Hogwarts. Is it because of Dumbledore that this was so? Because he loved the school, and didn't want to attack it unless he could do so without destroying it? Or because he didn't want to risk destroying his trophy?
This is all speculation, of course, but I can see JKR making the trophy a Horcrux far more than I can see the Scar theory. What think you?
