(...but we know he is.)
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Maybe on ff.net as a one-shot spinoff?
True, Hermione doesn’t have a link to Voldemort.
I am aware of how horcruxes work and V had eight in canon (although only one was another human—the only example of such a horcrux that we have. There is no mention anywhere whether it’s impossible to horcrux two humans). I tried to leave the possibility open that V and Harry’s connection is something other than a horcrux, although my wording wasn’t as clear as it could have been.
I like the Bellatrix possession idea a bit better than my own, but I don’t think we’ve hit on Lucius’ reason yet.
Perhaps that Hermione is also Voldemort in the same way HJPEV is Voldemort (since, Horcrux or not, that seems the likely explanation for Harry’s power and bloodthirst)?
I think Dumbles is trying to tell McGonagall that he took the Potters there while letting her keep plausible deniability.
I think probably the latter. His conclusion is “So you really do care” not “So other people aren’t rational enough to try to ressurect their loved ones.”
My model of Eliezer wouldn’t troll us that blatantly.
Then again, this is the guy who wrote Quirinius One-Level-Higher-Than-You Quirrell.
How much did you sleep on a monophasic schedule?
If only Godric’s twin hadn’t been killed at birth...
My first thought was that Dumbledore was referring to Salazar Slytherin. However, there can certainly be additional interpretations.
Because Quirrell’s going to claim he’s been framed.
What if Harry transfigured the bedsheet to look like Hermione, and the transfiguration wore off some time later?
According to this interview, Hermione no longer has a sister in canon either.
The relevant Q and A:
Does Hermione have any brothers or sisters?
No, she doesn’t. When I first made up Hermione I gave her a younger sister, but she was very hard to work in. The younger sister was not supposed to go to Hogwarts. She was supposed to remain a Muggle. It was a sideline that didn’t work very well and it did not have a big place in the story. I have deliberately kept Hermione’s family in the background. You see so much of Ron’s family so I thought that I would keep Hermione’s family, by contrast, quite ordinary. They are dentists, as you know. They are a bit bemused by their odd daughter but quite proud of her all the same.
The latter explanation was my assumption. I am curious whether this capacity loss transfers across bodies when one is possessing someone else or has been resurrected.
The trace is only placed on muggleborns. The Ministry expects magical parents to supervise the magic use of their own children.
Probably, because the Ministry is in charge of cleaning up after abovementioned slips in the Statute of Secrecy.
Does Dumbledore observe Quirrell’s interaction with either Harry or McGonagall?
I agree, but he also doesn’t want the universe destroyed in the process.
Would Harry have access to the sword, being a Ravenclaw?
This only narrows Harry’s list to ‘The Defense Professor and people who could rig the wards to say the Defense Professor killed her.’ Dumbles is easily on that list.