An increase in the sense of doom? What if Quirrel can possess many bodies at once. He created Voldi to have a villain to fight back in the olden days and then retired Voldi when he got sick of it. He periodically takes over other people’s bodies for his own ends, sometimes even when he’s not in his ‘zombie mode’. Perhaps the variability in the sense of doom is correlated with his extra-body activities. When he takes over the body of a dead centaur, you get an increase in the sense of doom. The fact that he’s not in ‘zombie mode’ at the same time as possessing the centaur might makes things even worse.
This would mean of course that Voldimort isn’t Quirrel—Quirrel is Voldimort. Quirrel isn’t out and out evil the way Voldi is. He simply invented a larger than life character so that he can play the good guy. Being possessed of normal human emotions, his fondness for Harry could be real.
I don’t think inferii are possessed by their creators. Pretty sure they’re just zombies that do the summoners’ bidding. I always thought the sense of doom was related to how strongly Quirrel was drawing on his power.
Quirrel isn’t out and out evil the way Voldi is. He simply invented a larger than life character so that he can play the good guy.
Whether Voldemort’s persona was or wasn’t real, the suffering caused by him was real.
If I would for some reason decide to pretend that I’m Voldemort, and I would kill many people (shooting them by gun while pretending to cast Avada Kedavra), finding out this all was a disguise would prove that I’m not Voldemort, and that Voldemort’s professed beliefs don’t have to be my actual beliefs… but I would be a horrible person anyway.
Then he would rule the world the day he decided to rule the world (which he did at one point, at least extending to magical Britain). A single Quirrell is among the most powerful wizards in the world. A team of Quirrells would have no meaningful opposition, even before he took advantage of the hive-mind benefits of instant coordination and reaction.
Being possessed of normal human emotions, his fondness for Harry could be real.
That would imply that all the words and actions that portray him as a sociopath are an act for Harry’s benefit. What would his motivation be in doing this?
An increase in the sense of doom? What if Quirrel can possess many bodies at once. He created Voldi to have a villain to fight back in the olden days and then retired Voldi when he got sick of it. He periodically takes over other people’s bodies for his own ends, sometimes even when he’s not in his ‘zombie mode’. Perhaps the variability in the sense of doom is correlated with his extra-body activities. When he takes over the body of a dead centaur, you get an increase in the sense of doom. The fact that he’s not in ‘zombie mode’ at the same time as possessing the centaur might makes things even worse.
This would mean of course that Voldimort isn’t Quirrel—Quirrel is Voldimort. Quirrel isn’t out and out evil the way Voldi is. He simply invented a larger than life character so that he can play the good guy. Being possessed of normal human emotions, his fondness for Harry could be real.
I don’t think inferii are possessed by their creators. Pretty sure they’re just zombies that do the summoners’ bidding. I always thought the sense of doom was related to how strongly Quirrel was drawing on his power.
Whether Voldemort’s persona was or wasn’t real, the suffering caused by him was real.
If I would for some reason decide to pretend that I’m Voldemort, and I would kill many people (shooting them by gun while pretending to cast Avada Kedavra), finding out this all was a disguise would prove that I’m not Voldemort, and that Voldemort’s professed beliefs don’t have to be my actual beliefs… but I would be a horrible person anyway.
It depends on what your reason for adopting the persona in the first place was.
Then he would rule the world the day he decided to rule the world (which he did at one point, at least extending to magical Britain). A single Quirrell is among the most powerful wizards in the world. A team of Quirrells would have no meaningful opposition, even before he took advantage of the hive-mind benefits of instant coordination and reaction.
That would imply that all the words and actions that portray him as a sociopath are an act for Harry’s benefit. What would his motivation be in doing this?