Could Harry BE a horcrux?

Marianne S. schumar1999 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 10 14:01:13 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 137144

 kfolta12 wrote: 
This has be bugging me for a few days. The wording of the prophecy
"neither can live while the other survives" and also the "and the dark
lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the dark lord
knows not" seem to me, to suggest such a thing. <snip>

Marianne S:

"Neither can live while the other survives" suggests to me that
Voldemort can only survive if Harry dies. However, if Harry
were one of Voldemort's horcruxes, wouldn't Voldemort 
want to keep Harry alive and not lose that part of his soul? 
We have also read that Voldemort keeps his horcruxes either close by
(if Nagini is a Horcrux as Dumbledore predicts) or heavily guarded by 
curses and poisons. Harry's cursed scar doesn't seem to guard
him, and I believe that Dumbledore (and JKR) have made it 
pretty clear that the power Harry possesses is LOVE. 

I know that JKR loves twists and turns, but she also values logic, 
and I believe that Harry being a horcrux defies such reasoning. 

JMO,
Marianne S.






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