Harry Potter theory: ‘Tom Riddle is NOT Voldemort, he was Salazar Slytherin reborn’

He’s one of the most iconic villains in popular culture, but what if Harry Potter baddie Lord Voldemort wasn’t Tom Riddle, but Salazar Slytherin reborn all along? That’s what a highly praised new fan theory argues. Reddit user Ennovative argues: “What if Voldemort wasn’t Tom Riddle, but a combination of Tom Riddle and Salazar Slytherin? Salazar sought immortality.”

They continued: “In fact, Salazar’s last confirmed act alive was concealing a Basilisk inside the Chamber of Secrets.

“What if, he concealed his soul within the Basilisk to prolong his life?

“The only thing he had to do then, was wait for a parseltongue, and lure him into the chamber. Tom Riddle was a talented young wizard, not unlike Harry himself.”

Quoting Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, they wrote: “If a monster existed, it was buried deep within.”

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They continued: “Riddle was never the same after he opened the chamber. Having disdain for half-bloods, being a half-blood himself.

“Salazar shared that ideology because he was a pure-blooded wizard.

“It gets deeper when you examine all possible meanings of the prophecy read ‘either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives’.

“Harry Potter himself is proof two souls can share a body, even if just in part.”

They added: “The prophecy is implied to pertain to Harry Potter and Tom Riddle, but what if the true meaning was for Tom Riddle and Salazar himself, only the message was read too late and Salazar had already won.

“Salazar was a practitioner of Legilimency, a powerful skill also well-honed by Voldemort himself, with no record of Tom Riddle ever performing such a feat.

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