Splitting the Soul (was: Voldemort killed personally)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 157449

--- juli17 at ... wrote:

> Julie:
> The thing that confuses me is, if the soul bits that 
> have already been released from the Diary and the 
> Ring horcruxes are floating around beyond the Veil,
> then why didn't the part of Voldemort's soul that 
> didn't die with his body at Godric's Hollow end up 
> beyond the Veil too? 

bboyminn:

When ever you encounter a bit of the story that's 
confusing do what I do, make up and explanation that's 
not confusing.

Some are speculating that the Soul-Bit move behind the 
Veil when they are released. Of course, 'behind the Veil' 
is figurative, the implication is that they have moved 
on to the afterlife. However, I think that is a false 
assumption.

Voldemort's Core-Soul remains earthbound, anchored by 
the Soul-Bits. Logically, the Soul-Bits are equally earth-
bound anchored by the /other/ Soul-Bit and by the Core-
Soul. The Soul does want to remain in one piece, or if 
not one piece then at least all together. So, no part 
of the Soul can or will leave this earthly life unless 
the rest of the Soul come with.

So, I speculate that those free Soul-Bits are indeed 
still on the earth, BUT they are no longer tied to a 
corporeal form; tied neither to body nor object. Because 
they are generally free, even if not specifically free to 
leave the earth, they do not count in Voldemort's Horcrux 
protection. They are Soul-Bit that are prevented from 
crossing over, they are generally earthbound by the other 
Horcruxes, but they are not specifically and personally 
anchored to the earth by a physical form. 

As far as Dementors, I don't think any of us can say for 
sure what happens to a soul that is 'sucked' by a Dementor. 
Is it consumed? Is it destroyed? Does it remain trapped in 
the Dementor, so the Dementor can feed of its torment? If 
it remain in the Dementor, is it tied to the earth by being 
encased in a physical form: the Dementor? I don't think we 
can actually say for sure. First of all, can we consider the 
Dementor a 'physical form'? I don't know. 

But with respect to the soul-bits, were they are is somewhat
irrelavant. The fact they they are no longer tied to a 
physical form means they no longer act as Horcruxes, even if
by some chance they must still remain on earth until Voldemort
finally dies.

It could be, as I said, before that there existance still 
counts toward the Seven. Voldemort doesn't seem to be 
replacing them. So specifically toward the lucky number Seven, 
they still exist even if they no longer exist as Horcruxes. 
Pure speculation, of course.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn