How do the horcruxes work and why does the prophecy contradict it?

[David L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 135502

Hi, Valky,

In the mugglenet/TLC interview JKR appears to be absolutely
> contradicting that Horcruxes work this way by saying that the "soul
> piece" in the diary was definitely "destroyed" and is now gone.
> So unless there is some *extra* explanation revealing why/how the soul
> piece in the diary wasn't "bound to the ground" by the other pieces of
> itself, I can completely sympthise with those who can't understand how
> Horcruxes work. It simply doesn't make logical sense to me.
> 

I won't say that there is a necessary contradiction. It depends on how you 
look at it. I imagine the act of destroying the Horcrux means that it can 
not be returned. When Harry destroyed the book Horcrux and DD destroyed the 
ring horcrux those two portions can never again be used for the purpose of 
being a new Horcrux. So even though the soul can never be destroyed in the 
sense of cease to exist for all intents and purposes they have been 
destroyed in that they can never be used again. So as you said in the later 
part of your analysis I don't think that we'll have little Voldie ghosts 
floating around.

I would agree that the diary Horcrux was created by an inexperienced 
Vodemort; I would go as far as to say that inexprience is due to the 
arrogance of his youth hence the reason why it wasn't as well protected as 
the others. I think in the next book the other Horcruxes will be much harder 
to destroy and it will take much more of Harry's skill, cunning and 
intelligence to destroy them. (Come on... He didn't think Voldy would make 
it easy?)

David L.


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