Splitting the Soul (was: Voldemort killed personally)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 157376

> >>hickengruendler: 
> > Nowwhere it is said in Canon, that any magic needs to be done 
> > for your soul to split. It splits when you murder somebody.      
> > <snip>
 
> >>Mike:
> I don't mean to sound flippant, but we are talking about a series 
> with wizards and magic, aren't we? You aren't really suggesting   
> that the *magical splitting of your soul* can be accomplished     
> without using magic to commit the murder, are you? Does that sound 
> consistent with this book series?

Betsy Hp:
Well, I don't want to speak for hickengruendler, but I *do* think 
that JKR meant murder, any kind of murder, splits or rips the soul.  
The magical bit comes in when a wizard rips that split piece of soul 
away and stuffs into some sort of container.

And I think that fits in perfectly with the Potter series.  JKR uses 
magic to turn things up a notch.  But she doesn't totally disconnect 
her magical folks from the ordinary.

Ghosts are a good example.  Everybody dies, whether muggle or 
wizard.  But only wizards can refuse to move on and become ghosts.  
So, murder hurts the murderer's soul.  But only a wizard can make 
dark use of that injury.

Honestly, I think it'd be a bit odd if JKR suggested that *only* a 
magical murder splits the soul.  That would suggest that if young 
Tom had taken an axe to his estranged family his soul would be just 
fine, thank you very much.  I don't think JKR is going in that sort 
of "off on a technicality" direction.

Which, hmmm...  I guess that could go towards the question of 
Mirtle.  Did Tom *feel* that he'd murdered her?  If so, than his 
soul split.  Just something to consider.

Betsy Hp