Ginny as an accidental Horcrux

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 156906

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mary" <Mhochberg at ...> wrote:
>
> My teenage son came up this theory recently and I find it intriguing, 
> especially as a possible sequel to JK's 7 book series.
> 
> In COS, Tom Riddle says to Harry,"..to put a little of my soul back 
> into her." 
> 
> We know that the part of Voldemort's soul that was in the diary was 
> destroyed when Harry pierced the book with the Basilik's tooth. The 
> question is: was all of the soul that Tom put into Ginny sucked back 
> into the book or Tom? Could any of it been left behind in Ginny? 
> 
> It's an interesting thought because this would be a "second generation" 
> horcrux, that of the Tom Riddle/prefect stage of Voldemort's character. 
> 
> Any comments or ideas?
> 

Neri:
Someone apparently had thought about something like that the very day
HBP was out, because Melissa Anelli put the question to JKR in the
famous three-part interview and JKR pretty much shot it down:

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http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm

MA: Someone put it to me last night, that if Ginny, with the diary -

JKR: Harry definitely destroyed that piece of soul, you saw it take
shape, you saw it destroyed, it's gone. And Ginny is definitely in no
way possessed by Voldemort.

MA: Is she still a parselmouth?

JKR: No.
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However, note that JKR doesn't say it's impossible in principle. I
quite agree that what happened between Ginny and Diary!Horcrux was
meant as a hint that soul parts can do unexpected things. They can
tempt people, they can possess them, they can make them forget things,
and they can pass magical powers to them. 

Neri