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Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 July 2014 04:30:09AM 0 points [-]

Quirrel's statements about horcruxes were initially surprising - if he is telling the truth, then how is he still alive?

I think he was never dead or diminished. That Quirrell would not take precautions against "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord" strikes me as crazy talk. Even if there were no "sense of doom" back then, why take chances? Have Bella wring it's neck. The end.

He faked his death, set up Harry as a savior, took a vacation, and returned as Quirrell when Harry became old enough to use magic.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 July 2014 04:38:07PM 1 point [-]

"Yes, Mr. Potter, very amusing. So, Mr. Potter, can you guess what was the very first item on that list?" Great. "Um... never use a complicated way of dealing with an enemy when you can just Abracadabra them?" "The term, Mr. Potter, is Avada Kedavra," Professor Quirrell's voice sounded a bit sharp for some reason

'Professor Quirrell's voice sounded a bit sharp for some reason' is a hint that he is Voldemort, and that he did not fake his own death.

This is why I'm not buying the otherwise fairly plausible 'Voldemort faked his own death' theories

Comment author: hairyfigment 29 July 2014 09:36:26PM 0 points [-]

"The term, Mr. Potter, is Avada Kedavra," Professor Quirrell's voice sounded a bit sharp for some reason

Possible reasons include:

  • He was Voldemort, and has some reason which seems good to him for not trying to AK Harry, then or now. The reminder that at least one Outside View says otherwise annoys him.
  • He wants Harry to learn AK, well enough to ensure the boy casts it (or genuinely tries rather than trying to try) in a moment of crisis, and thus wants him to practice the actual pronunciation or at least not practice mangling it.
  • Though the "for enemies" event hasn't happened yet, other events gave him a (possibly irrational) distaste for Muggle-borns who think "abracabara" is funny.
  • A sharp tone serves his goals for some reason.
Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 July 2014 04:01:11PM 1 point [-]

That Quirrell would not take precautions against "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord" strikes me as crazy talk.

Only a very paranoid person would assume this power applied when Harry was a baby. What if he sent Bella, and she couldn't bring herself too kill a baby? I know this seems unlikely, but not as unlikely as a baby being the only person to ever survive AK.

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