SPOILER ALERT Harry the Horcrux

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I think there are much more satisfactory explanations for why Harry
can't be a horcrux.

Voldemort immediately attempted to destroy him (Harry) after murdering
his parents. Why store part of your soul in something you're about to
destroy (or so he thought)? It doesn't make any sense, unless he could
store it in the physical body and not have it leave when Harry died.
But even then it seems pretty silly given that the physical body would
deteriorate and disintegrate eventually too - not exactly the perfect
vehicle for somebody wishing to be immortal.

The only other possibility that would be reasonable would be that he
performs the spell on Harry after Diggory is killed at the end of GoF.
But Voldemort himself didn't do that killing so I don't think that
works out either, and I don't see any other opportunities or mentions
in the book.

If Harry is somehow a horcrux then it's entirely by accident and as a
result of the strange bond they share, but that seems a little bit
far-fetched and too much of a silly plot tool for JKR to seriously
use. It's just not really plausible.

And in addition, Harry needs to destroy all the horcruxes and THEN
kill Voldemort. So what is he accomplishing if he kills himself to get
rid of the last horcrux but then, being "the chosen one", can't kill
Voldemort himself? I just don't think it works.


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