Harry Potter: A Horcrux

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No: HPFGUIDX 150832

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "deepthi_b1" <deepthi_b1 at ...> 
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> Also the horcrux had to be Gryffindor's. <SNIPPED the rest too> 
>"deepthi_b1"
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Brady:

Is that so? 

Didn't DD say that the horcrux had to be Rowena Ravenclaw's OR Godric 
Gryffindor's?

And why are we so stuck with the Gryffindor horcrux anyway? We have 
seen mention of the cursed necklace right from CoS. As someone pointed 
out here quite a while back that we have been introduced to each of the 
horcruxes before we see them, doesn't that ring a bell (Katie Bell 
too!!)? 

I (as Steve also has pointed out before) DO NOT agree that Harry or his 
scar are the horcrux. Deepthi - will you please explain why Voldy is 
keen to kill Harry if he has made Harry a horcrux? Agreed Harry may not 
kill himself (wouldn't that amount to suicide? And I don't think Harry 
is cowardly enough to do that), but would Voldy himself want to destroy 
his own horcrux that he has so painstakingly created? I think not. 
Voldy may come across as a very underestimating guy, but he is 
definitely not a fool. 

Secondly, as JKR herself said, a horcrux is not something that will 
attract attention towards itself (like the sorting hat), so it is mor 
elikely like the cup of hufflepuff and the locket that wouldn't open in 
GP. Also like the cursed necklace in B&B's that no one would touch. It 
makes sense to protect the necklace with a curse just like the ring 
was. So, Harry who is always getting into adventures that may see him 
dead and ALWAYS in the limelight, would definitely not be a horcrux. 

Thirdly, why would Harry suffer mortal agony when Voldy possessed him 
briefly in the MoM? If he were a horcrux, he should have definitely 
been comfortable being in close proximity with another part of voldy 
inside him. Is he already has one piece of Voldy in him and lives in 
relative peace, another piece would do him no harm either. Right?

Just my tuppence.
Brady.