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

[Beth Currie]

No: HPFGUIDX 137600

Wow, Del, I absolutely love this theory.  Excellent post.  Would just like
to add a couple of points to your ideas (very snipped):

>    From: "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: The Opposite of a Horcrux - Lily, DD, Harry's eyes
>
> 3. The question of course then becomes: what did DD choose as his
> Opposite of a Horcrux? Harry? Draco? Fawkes? Something else?
> Personally, I would go for Harry, because Harry *needs* it more than
> anyone else.

Love this idea, and I think it could explain why DD immobilised Harry, which
is something I've never felt comfortable with.  Perhaps he needed Harry to
be close by, and keep still, in order to place the part of his soul within
him.

> 
> As for why Lily's eyes would have been transplanted unto her son, this
> could be a side effect of the creation of the Opposite of a Horcrux.
> We know that losing parts of his soul modified LV's appearance, as
> though by losing parts of his soul he also lost part of his physical
> substance. Could the opposite be true also? By transferring a part of
> her soul into Harry, or an imprint of it, did Lily also transfer a
> part of her physical substance into him - her eyes?

And, of course, the eyes are often referred to as "the window of the soul"
so this would fit in well with Harry's eyes showing a part of Lily's soul.

> 
> And if so, what did DD transfer into Harry? It can't be anything
> obvious, because nobody, not even Harry himself, noticed anything
> different about his body, his substance. So what could it be? Maybe it
> is a special power that Harry will discover when he needs it? Maybe
> Legilimency and/or Occlumency? Or something else entirely? Or will
> Harry someday notice how strangely shaped his new scar on his knee is
> :-) ?
> 

Hopefully he transferred some of his skills and his own personal knowledge
of LV.  At the cave, DD was able to tell where LV's magic had been performed
- he was able to sense some trace of it.  This would be an extremely useful
gift to pass on to Harry.

Again, thanks for the excellent post - really got me thinking!

Beth