I KNOW WHAT SNAPE WANTS!

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 138454

Richard wrote:
I think that if there were a fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry,
Harry's and Voldemort's souls would have been at war with each other
from the moment that the transfer took place. By the same reasoning
that you use to ask what a fragment that had been in Harry for so
long would do to Voldemort, I ask, "What would being in Harry do to
such a fragment?" I think it would end up dead, as can be argued
from Voldemort's experience in trying to possess Harry in OotP. Yet,
I don't see support in canon for such an internal war.

A transfer of powers, as mentioned in canon by Dumbledore, is not the
necessarily the same as a transfer of a fragment of one's soul. If
the powers transferred were associated with that fragment of soul, I
don't see how Harry would be able to control and use those powers, as
the fragment would be continually battling to retain control of
itself and its inherent qualities. We have support for powers being
carried by a fragment of soul, as occured with Tom's diary, but that
fragment retained control of those powers, and used them against
Ginny. Wouldn't such a fragment in Harry have used its powers
against Harry ANY of the times that Harry directly battled Voldemort?

vmonte:
I see what you're saying Richard, and you have valid points. But I'm
also thinking of another quote that Dumbledore made to Harry in HBP.

Dumbledore tells Harry that he believes that a horcrux is inside
Nagini:

Harry responds:
HBP P506
"The Snake?" said Harry, startled. "You can use animals as Horcruxes?"
"well, it is inadvisable to do so," said Dumbledore, "because to
confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for
itself is obviously a very risky business."

I like how JKR sneaks this in. Now we know that a horcrux can live
inside a living creature. We also know that it is preferable to put
horcruxes in objects (like the diary) because these things cannot
think for themselves.

Which to me means that a living host can influence the horcrux. And
if Harry's soul/will is stronger than TR's soul piece then isn't it
possible that the horcrux might have changed in all those years of
living in Harry?

Diary Tom became stronger by feeding off of Ginny's fears. What would
a diet of love and compassion do to Tom's horcrux?

Vivian