The Opposite of a Horcrux - Lily, DD, Harry's eyes

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No: HPFGUIDX 137518

Great post, Del, way to go!

Of course I'd like to put my two knuts in


It is not "an Opposite to a Horcrux" that caused Voldemort's 
strong "allergic reaction" to Harry, I think. It was 
Harry's "humanness" as oppose to Voldemort's "monstrousness". In 
defying Death and "spurning fate" Voldemort deliberately denied his 
own humanity, maimed and mutilated his soul, and all for the purpose 
of becoming "much more than a man" as he himself put it in GoF 
(quoting Lady Macbeth almost verbatim). But as we've been told by 
Macbeth "who dares more [than all that may become a man] is 
nothing". And indeed the upshot of his unprecedented daring is that 
he ceased to be a human being altogether and became a monster. 
Whereas Harry albeit unconsciously accepts his humanity (yes, I can 
love, big deal!) and this is exactly what makes him Voldemort-proof. 
Which is why Dumbledore never missed the opportunity to point out 
for Hurry how it is important for him to stay human, to love, to 
have friends, etc. 

As for your argument about "Harry's not being the first person who 
loved" and Voldemort's being aware of impossibility of possessing 
such individuals by now, I think you give LV entirely to much 
credit. Because he was quite simply not aware. This is exactly what 
Dumbledore meant when he said that there were things his brilliant 
former student was "woefully ignorant" of. And he wouldn't have much 
of an opportunity to learn it either. Before his downfall he didn't 
need a body to posses, and afterwards his choice was limited to 
Quirrel, Pettygrew and Berta Jenkins neither of whom would present a 
challenge for the Dark Lord. 

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