Has Quirrell been kissed by a Dementor? With Voldemort responsible, presumably.
That would explain his zombie mode—when he slouches, drools, doesn’t speak, and can only stagger around.
And in chp 45 the Dementor could have been speaking to (zombified) Quirrell rather than to Voldemort when it said to Quirrelmort “that it knew me, and that it would hunt me down someday, wherever I tried to hide.”
Voldemort can take over Quirrell and act through him, turning him into articulate Quirrell. But when he’s not actively in control Quirrell enters zombie mode. Voldemort might be going someplace else while he leaves Quirrell on autopilot, or maybe he just needs to rest because controlling Quirrell uses up his energy.
More evidence for this: when he sees Quirrell slumped over in Chapter 16, he thinks “Now what does that remind me of...?” What could Harry possibly have seen that might look similar to zombie mode Quirrell? Well, just a chapter earlier, he saw a picture of a criminal killed by exposure to Dementors (the criminal who transfigured gold to wine as payment for a debt).
I can’t think of any alternate hypothesis for what Harry might have seen to remind him of zombie Quirrell. There just aren’t very many things he’s been exposed to in the first 15 chapters.
Good catch. That does seem like another hint, although the alternative that comes to mind is that he just reminds Harry of zombies. (Minor correction: it’s chp 16, not 14).
I’ve had some thoughts about why, within the HPMOR world, it makes sense for Voldemort to choose to occupy a dementor-kissed body. I don’t know the details about how the magic works or the solution to the HPMOR!mind-body problem, but it seems like it would be easier to take over a vacated body than to try to share the space with the original soul. It seems like a cleaner process, with no ambiguity about who’s in control within the body. Second, based on Voldemort’s personality (assuming that’s what we’re seeing from Quirrell) I think he’d prefer to be alone rather than having a roommate as he does in canon. Third, removing the original Quirrell also removes the need to rely on him to keep the secret and not give himselves away out of stupidity, lack of self-control, poor acting skills, or outright betrayal. Finally, other people might be able to tell when a body contains two souls—if the Sorting Hat can do it, why not the Hogwarts security system?
But when he’s not actively in control Quirrell enters zombie mode. Voldemort might be going someplace else
It can’t be this; a Dementor-kissed body is a vegetable which doesn’t do anything at all, much less shuffle around slowly. (Checking the HP wiki, it seems a kissed-body does still breath and have a heartbeat.) If Voldemort is controlling the body, he has to be controlling it at all times in some capacity.
Has Quirrell been kissed by a Dementor? With Voldemort responsible, presumably.
That would explain his zombie mode—when he slouches, drools, doesn’t speak, and can only stagger around.
And in chp 45 the Dementor could have been speaking to (zombified) Quirrell rather than to Voldemort when it said to Quirrelmort “that it knew me, and that it would hunt me down someday, wherever I tried to hide.”
Voldemort can take over Quirrell and act through him, turning him into articulate Quirrell. But when he’s not actively in control Quirrell enters zombie mode. Voldemort might be going someplace else while he leaves Quirrell on autopilot, or maybe he just needs to rest because controlling Quirrell uses up his energy.
More evidence for this: when he sees Quirrell slumped over in Chapter 16, he thinks “Now what does that remind me of...?” What could Harry possibly have seen that might look similar to zombie mode Quirrell? Well, just a chapter earlier, he saw a picture of a criminal killed by exposure to Dementors (the criminal who transfigured gold to wine as payment for a debt).
I can’t think of any alternate hypothesis for what Harry might have seen to remind him of zombie Quirrell. There just aren’t very many things he’s been exposed to in the first 15 chapters.
Good catch. That does seem like another hint, although the alternative that comes to mind is that he just reminds Harry of zombies. (Minor correction: it’s chp 16, not 14).
Chapter number fixed.
I’ve had some thoughts about why, within the HPMOR world, it makes sense for Voldemort to choose to occupy a dementor-kissed body. I don’t know the details about how the magic works or the solution to the HPMOR!mind-body problem, but it seems like it would be easier to take over a vacated body than to try to share the space with the original soul. It seems like a cleaner process, with no ambiguity about who’s in control within the body. Second, based on Voldemort’s personality (assuming that’s what we’re seeing from Quirrell) I think he’d prefer to be alone rather than having a roommate as he does in canon. Third, removing the original Quirrell also removes the need to rely on him to keep the secret and not give himselves away out of stupidity, lack of self-control, poor acting skills, or outright betrayal. Finally, other people might be able to tell when a body contains two souls—if the Sorting Hat can do it, why not the Hogwarts security system?
It can’t be this; a Dementor-kissed body is a vegetable which doesn’t do anything at all, much less shuffle around slowly. (Checking the HP wiki, it seems a kissed-body does still breath and have a heartbeat.) If Voldemort is controlling the body, he has to be controlling it at all times in some capacity.
Unless this is another (minor) departure from canon.