Harry the Horcrux Destroyer

quick_silver71 quick_silver71 at yahoo.ca
Thu Jan 19 22:47:10 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 146732

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mandorino222" 
<mandorino222 at y...> wrote:
>Nick: Rounding up and destroying the horcruxes, we must assume, is 
> imilar in that respect.  It has to be a job for which Harry's 
> unique characteristics (parseltounge, abilitiy to love, ability 
> to read Voldemort's mind, etc.) are uniquely suited.  Therefore 
> Harry will not need to know how to destroy a horcrux or how to 
> prevent the curse from enveloping him, because one or more of 
> his unusual/hidden powers will take care of that for him.  
> 
> We know from OOTP that Voldemort, even after the blood 
> transformation, cannot possess Harry's body without experiencing 
> serious physical pain.  Perhaps Harry's nature will similarly 
> repel curses from Voldemort's horcruxes?  Maybe if Harry is, in 
> fact, a horcrux, there's some provision in Voldemort's curse 
> writing code that prevents the curse from one destroyed horcrux 
> from destroying another?
> 
> Also it fits nicely that in order to learn about horcruxes, Harry 
> must succeed in the mini-horcruxish mission of getting the memory 
> from Slughorn.   
But I've always assumed that there is no curse when a Horcrux was 
destroyed...the curse that got Dumbledore's hand was unique 
protection for the ring wasn't it? I don't remember there being a 
curse on the diary when it was desttroyed.

Quick_Silver








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