If Harry is NOT a Horcrux...

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 136649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
>> I'm equally puzzled by the idea that Harry's capacity to love 
exceeds
> Dumbledore's. And I'm not in the least persuaded by the idea that
> Harry could be an accidental Horcrux. As numerous posters have 
pointed
> out (only to be ignored), a Horcrux is a deliberately chosen object
> (preferably durable, valuable, and powerfully magical) into which a
> dark wizard pours part of his soul through complex Dark magic that
> involves much more than the soul-splitting caused by committing
> murder. Murder is common in the WW. Horcruxes are not. Nor would
> voldemort have wished the child he was trying to kill, his 
potential
> rival, to be a Horcrux. He wanted Harry dead. Period.
> 
> What I don't think has been pointed out, however (and of course I
> haven't read all 12 million posts), is that Harry's scar was not
> caused by anything entering his body. The AK would have entered 
him as
> it did his mother and father and every other AK victim, but thanks 
to
> the ancient magic activated by Lily's sacrifice (which I hope was 
more
> complex than it appears so far), the Avada Kedavra Curse burst OUT 
of
> him. That's what caused the scar, which is still an open wound when
> baby Harry is placed on the Dursleys' doorstep. The rebounding 
curse
> hits Voldemort, ripping his soul from his body, with a resulting
> explosion that destroys the house. Voldemort--and this is a crucial
> point--retains what remains of his soul or he could not have 
survived
> the encounter. 

Good point Carol, about the AK NOT entering Harry.  It apparently 
hit him, pierced the skin leaving the scar and then rebounded on 
Voldemort.  Since LV had already made horcruxes, he couldn't 
officially "die", he became what has been described as Vapor!Mort 
which may or may not be an adequate term anymore (OneSeventhSoul!
Mort maybe? Or Gottadestroytheothersfirstsuckas!Mort). Dumbledore 
called his existance "spectral." Ghostly, but with powers. <shiver> 

I agree, highly unlikely an accidental horcrux was made of Harry 
since Horcrux making seems so complex--the wizard would have to be 
in complete control. 

pg 498 HBP AE

"But how do you do it?"

"By an act of evil--the supreme act of evil.  By committing murder.  
Killing rips the soul apart.  The wizard intent upon creating a 
Horcrux would use the damage to his advantage. He would encase the 
torn portion--"

"Encase? But how--"

"There is a spell, do not ask me, I don't know!" said Slughorn. 

pg 499 

"Well, Harry," said Dumbledore, "I am sure you understood the 
signifcance of what we just heard.  A the same age you are now, give 
or take a few months, Tom Riddle was doing all he could to find out 
how to make himself immortal."

Enter Eilene Prince? And a bit later, Grindlewald (most likely 
Dumbledore had to destroy HIS one horcrux to finally defeat him). 


Cindy