Dumbledore's hand / horcruxes

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 134843

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "colebiancardi" <muellem at b...> 
wrote:
>  > I posted this on another thread, but perhaps it best fits here.  
> >How is Harry going to destroy the horcruxes without looking like a 
> > California raisin?!  And given that a horcrux contains part of a 
> > person's soul, does it have to be killed or simply destroyed?
> > 
> > Julie
> 
> I think that DD messed up when he got the ring - he wasn't aware, 
> perhaps, of the power of a horcrux.   after all, Harry destroyed the 
> Diary and he didn't get hurt from that.  Unless, of course, Harry is 
> the only one that CAN destroy horcruxes.   Remember that DD stated 
if 
> it wasn't for his skill & Snape's "timely action", he would be a 
dead 
> man.  
> 
> colebiancardi

You're exactly right.  DUH ME!!  I must have had a brain lock because 
I did not think of the diary.  (For some reason, that black withered 
hand is what filled my memory!)  I do like the idea you have about 
Harry being the only one who CAN destroy them.  Perhaps that's what DD 
realized.

Julie