The Opposite of a Horcrux

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No: HPFGUIDX 139274

Chys:
> I think that's the significance of Lily's sacrifice in her love for
> Harry, and his special eyes. Laugh at me if I'm wrong.
>
> Well, anyway, a horcrux is where you kill someone to extend your
> own life. The opposite, couldn't it be, to give yourself up to 
> extend the life of another? 

Christina:

This is a really interesting idea, and I *know* someone has posted
here before on it, but for the life of me, I just can't find it. 
Someone earlier brought up an idea that was a little looser than
yours, but that suggested that when someone you love dies (I'm not
sure if they stipulated that they die for you), part of their soul
kind of goes to you so your is built up.  This is in contrast with
murder and horcrux-making, which splits up your soul.  The poster
suggested that the deaths of Lily, Sirius, and Dumbledore are all
making Harry stronger.  I'm sure I'm not doing the original poster any
justice at all- I'm just saying this from a vague memory I have of
reading the post a few weeks ago, so I might be getting most of it
wrong (on an extreme side note, I really wish Yahoo! Groups would
think up a better search engine, because it's really impossible to
find anything on this one).

The only real problem I have with this scenario (which I like, because
JKR does tend to deal with pairs of opposite things), is probably
something that I'm going to have a problem with no matter how JKR
resolves the issue.  JKR has been adamant about the fact that nobody
has *ever* survived an AK before Harry.  Ever.  This is hard to
imagine in a world where people "dodge the bullet," so to speak, all
the time, but it remains a huge problem when postulating why Lily's
sacrifice meant so much.  If giving up your life to extend another's
DOES create some sort of opposite-Horcrux, then why aren't there more
instances of this?  Instances of people jumping in front of their
loved ones, pushing them out of the way of danger, and offering their
lives for them (haven't we all heard "Take me instead!" stories?) are
common, so shouldn't there be a lot of this sort of stuff happening? 
Or maybe it is happening, but the person left alive never realizes the
protection they have?


Chys:
> (Just a wild idea I added as an afterthought, but I do wonder if 
> Harry was born with Lily's eyes or if it's the transformation that I
> believe is associated with a horcrux; LV's being the opposite- his 
> becoming more like an animal and less human looking.)

Christina:

This is a really neat idea, but I'm a little hesitant about it.  I
can't find anywhere in the books where Sirius specifically comments on
Harry's eyes (I could have sworn that he has, but maybe I'm just
channeling the PoA movie, shame on me), but I still think that he
would have noticed if Harry's eyes changed.  Since we know for sure
that he was at Harry's christening, we know he saw him as a baby.  If
Harry's eyes were originally brown or something, I would think that
Sirius would notice the change to bright green eyes (that are
obviously his mother's).


Christina