[HPforGrownups] Does Dumbledore have a horcrux?

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 143623


On Nov 28, 2005, at 7:37 AM, Maria Elmvang wrote:

> I have recently heard a very interesting theory, which I would like to 
> put to you. I don't know if I agree with it myself, but I'd never 
> heard it before, so I was interested in hearing what other people 
> thought of it.
>
>  Snape (DDM! of course ;) ) killed DD knowing that he (DD) had at some 
> point killed somebody and created a horcrux....
>
>  Is this at all conceivable?
>

No.

I mean, HBP goes on and on and on and on about what EEEEVIL magic this 
is.  The Hogwarts library doesn't carry a single book that talks about 
it in detail.   Slughorn was so ashamed of his memory about it that he 
fiddled with his recollection.   Throughout the entire series 
Dumbledore has been the very essence of manners, grace and civility.   
To pull a literary U-Turn and have him all ginned up with a horcrux 
would be a huge slap in the face to the readers AND to the character 
JKR has painstakenly crafted for SIX books.

To paraphrase Steven King:  "He didn't have a cockadoodie Horcrux!!!"

Katherine


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