Question: When Harry is stabbing Tom Riddle's diary with the basilisk fang, what is that liquid that coming out of the diary?
Joey221995
13th Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Answer: It's blood, as well as excess Basilisk venom.
8th Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Question: If the Basilisk snatched Ginny and took her to the chamber, then why doesn't she have teeth marks when they show her lying on the chamber floor? Surely the Basilisk didn't drag her, because it doesn't obviously have arms.
Answer: The comment that she was "snatched" was a generalization used by the Hogwarts staff and not a literal description of her physically being taken. Riddle was able to control Ginny through the diary, putting her into a trance and commanding her what to do. She most likely was instructed to follow the basilisk into the Chamber of Secrets.
8th Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Question: Did the Basilisk intentionally mean to petrify Mrs. Norris or was she in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Answer: It was just a coincidence. There was a puddle on the floor that Mrs Norris was drinking from. When the Basilisk appeared she seen its reflection in the water and was petrified. Though, even with it not being intentional, she still would have died had she actually looked it in the eyes instead of seeing it through a reflection.
8th Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Question: Why does the basilisk only obey Riddle? Was it trained or bred to?
8th Dec 2017
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
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Answer: The liquid is the black ink that comprises the diary and is in effect is Tom Riddle's soul. The diary horcrux bleeds to death after being stabbed.
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