Harry also just doesn’t want to believe that Quirrell might be very bad news. (Does he consider the possibility that Quirrell is inimical, but not Voldemort?) Harry is very attached to the only person who can understand him reliably.
Does he consider the possibility that Quirrell is inimical, but not Voldemort?
This was unclear—I meant that Quirrell could be inimical without being Voldemort.
The idea of Voldemort not being a bad guy (without being dead)-- he’s reformed or maybe he’s developed other hobbies—would be an interesting shift. Voldemort as a gigantic force for good operating in secret would be the kind of shift I’d expect from HPMOR, but I don’t know of any evidence for it in the text.
Harry also just doesn’t want to believe that Quirrell might be very bad news. (Does he consider the possibility that Quirrell is inimical, but not Voldemort?) Harry is very attached to the only person who can understand him reliably.
This was unclear—I meant that Quirrell could be inimical without being Voldemort.
The idea of Voldemort not being a bad guy (without being dead)-- he’s reformed or maybe he’s developed other hobbies—would be an interesting shift. Voldemort as a gigantic force for good operating in secret would be the kind of shift I’d expect from HPMOR, but I don’t know of any evidence for it in the text.