Horcruxes: Groundrules and Theories

[John Kearns]

No: HPFGUIDX 136236

> ongj87:
> I also don't think it's quite fair to completely rule out Harry 
> being one of the Horcruxes....
> 
> If Voldemort intentially planted a horcrux in Harry, I think he 
> would have liked to think of Harry as his heir, something to
> stretch out the line of Slytherin.  In this, I believe he would 
> have wanted Harry as a child to be raised in the way he idealized, 
> without a father (thus, he killed James) and with a mother to 
> raise him (thus, he wanted to let Lily live).  

John K:
I could see Voldemort thinking this way, except... his actions made 
it clear that he wasn't.  If he wanted to let Lily live, why did he 
kill her?  If he wanted Harry to be his heir, why did he attack him?

> ongj87:
> If Voldemort was under the impression that Harry might be the heir 
> to Gryffindor, I think he might have found the idea of turning 
> Harry into one of his Horcruxes intriguing.  In making Harry one 
> his horcruxes, he might have been under the impression that this 
> might also be the end to the line of Gryffindor.

John K:
Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow, because of the prophecy, to kill 
Harry.  It doesn't make sense for him to store his soul in Harry for 
safekeeping, then to promptly kill him.  And the books are pretty 
clear that Voldemort did try to kill Harry.  I would be pretty 
alarmed if JKR said "ha ha!  I know I told you repeatedly that the 
failed curse was Avada Kedavra, but it wasn't!"  I don't see it.


To me, the 'Harry as a Horcrux' theory doesn't hold water because:

1) Voldemort wouldn't intentionally make him into a Horcrux if he 
was planning to kill him (which he's still trying to do!)

2) Voldemort didn't accidentally make Harry a Horcrux when he killed 
Lily because you can't accidentally do that.  It's a complex spell.  
That's like saying you accidentally made an Unbreakable Vow - oops!

3) The failed Avada Kedavra didn't make Harry a Horcrux because 
nobody died in it, so Voldemort's soul wasn't split.

I really don't see any way around this.  If a piece of Voldemort's 
soul is in Harry, it's through an entirely different type of magic, 
and it wouldn't be reasonable to wait to introduce such a concept 
until the final book.  Harry's got a tough enough task ahead of him- 
he doesn't need to be presented with any more obstacles.

Besides, we know the last chapter, already written, summarizes the 
future lives of the characters.  Why write such a thing in a book 
about Harry Potter if he dies?

Just my opinion,

John K