Harry Horcrux redux :)

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 155031

> Alla wrote:
> Heeee, it seems like we did not talk about Harry horcrux recently :)
> 
> I in the past found myself quite open to Harry horcrux idea, or at 
> least that Harry will **believe** that he is a Horcrux and ready to 
> sacrifice himself, when it would not be needed.
> 

Ken:

There is certainly something odd about Harry's scar and I have a hunch
it goes beyond anything we have been told so far. I think we will hear
a new revelation about it in the final book. It is tempting to think
it is a horcrux. The Red Hen seems to believe that the horcrux spell
is a special spell that both kills the victim and creates the horcrux
in one fell swoop. I don't know of any canon to support, or deny,
that. It is just a shrewd speculation. We are all pretty sure that LV
*intended* to create a horcrux by means of Harry's death. I'd say that
it is possible that he created one accidently when he tried to kill
Harry at GH. He is arrogant enough to be thinking about step 2 while
in the midst of performing step 1 after all. Furthermore when such a
powerful wizard murders a defenseless infant he probably does not need
to concentrate much on casting the killing spell. The mind could
wander. Unintended and unexpected consequences could ensue.

How does one safely destroy a horcrux when they may all have been
cursed? The diary was either not cursed or the curses are ineffective
on Harry for some reason. Someone has suggested that if the scar is a
horcrux too then it may act as a friend or foe ID mark that disarms
the curses when Harry destroys a horcrux like the diary because the
scar-horcrux fools the curses into believing that Harry is LV. Another
intriguing notion I have heard is that perhaps once he finds the
horcruxes Harry could just pitch them one by one to a dementor who
would gladly gobble them up.

The dementors seem positively obsessed with Harry, don't they? This is
possibly an indication that Harry possesses two souls. What an
attraction *that* would hold for a dementor. It also raises the
possibility that Harry might have to trust a dementor at some point to
"kiss away" LV's soul fragment in the scar while leaving his intact.
What a delicious scene that would be!! It could be that this is what
the dementors have been trying to do with Harry all along.

These are some odd bits and pieces that could indicate that Harry is a
horcrux. Anything is possible in the Potterverse because, IMHO, it is
not entirely logical in its construction. There are gaps and overlaps
here and there that could be used to justify almost anything. This
makes second guessing the author frightfully difficult and I think
that is just how she intends it to be.

Ken