harry is always in control of his emotions. otherwise, it comes out, the greedy thing that takes & takes whatever is fed to it. he later learns its name used to be tom.
obviously tshd inspired.
add thought: harry knew it had never been ginny who emerged from the chamber. after the war, he felt hollow, and only βginnyβ can fill the void after his tom was gone.
@lousfeey JENNNN hiiii merry xmas & happy new year to you tooooo been busy irl ahaha imy i miss tmrhp (i may or may not stalk your account to find new tmrhp artists)
despite their similar childhoods, when harry turned 11 and received his letter, it came with a warm welcome to the wizarding world. tom never had that. would a cake made such a difference? who knows, but tom would certainly have a strong memory for his patronus now :))
having grown up as an orphan himself, harry would have known that tom never had a cake too, worse with his birthday being overlooked as it shares a date with new years eve