Scar Horcrux - again!

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 157086


> Brothergib again:
> Thank you to Carol and Amiable Dorsai for putting me straight. Very 
> frustrating, since I have read all these transcripts before, but had 
> just forgotten about them. I guess that leaves us with the question 
> of whether LV has the full complement of Horcruxes or not. I have 
> already given several reasons why I think LV is still 1 short, but 1 
> additional bit of potential evidence is that DD is unsure about the 
> final 2 Horcruxes. This is one of the few occasions where DD has 
> absolutely no proof as to what the final Horcruxes are. He is 
> guessing. I don't think we would think too badly of him if this guess 
> turns out to be incorrect.


AD:
What if he was (mostly) right?  That is, what if Riddle really did set
out to make 6 Horcruxes, with Nagini getting the final slice, but
Harry (or his scar) was accidentally made into a seventh, unbeknownst
to Tommy-boy or Dumbledore?

Splitting his soul into exactly seven pieces seems to have been very
important to Riddle--after all, if Dumbledore's speculation is
correct, he not only stooped to using a Muggle's  murder to create the
necessary tear, but he put his final serving of soul into Nagini,
which Dumbledore thought was dangerous move.

So, the "most powerfully magical number", seven, must have been
important to Riddle, he must have seen some benefit that outweighed
the ignominy of using a random Muggle for the murder, and the "very
risky business" of entrusting "a part of (his) soul to something that
can think and move for itself".

But if Harry is also a Horcrux, Riddle has split his soul into eight
pieces, not seven; his calculations have gone awry--and one of Harry's
best friends is an Arithmancy wiz....

I wonder if Hermione will be able to find a way to use Riddle's little
counting error against him in the final book?

Amiable Dorsai