IHHS, the I Hate Horcruxes Society (was Re: Harry Horcrux redux)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 155143

Ceridwen:
> Dumbledore tried to show Harry how to know Tom Riddle and therefore 
> LV.  How does this play into things?  Do we see a pattern?  We were 
> with Harry the whole way, and with Dumbledore out of the picture, Harry 
> isn't getting a leg up on us during the hiatus while JKR finishes book 
> 7.  We are as up to speed as Harry is, a plus for us, I think.  How can 
> we get around these unholy devices, or at least make short work of them 
> no matter who or what they're housed in?

Pippin:
As a general rule, things that are important to LV aren't *really*
important, while he overlooks the things that JKR says are important:
courage, loyalty and the power of love, which, unlike horcruxes
or the prophecy, we have been hearing about from Book One.  When
Harry concentrates on what LV thinks is important, he goes astray.
My guess is that the horcruxes, like the prophecy, really aren't as
important as Harry thinks they are. The phony horcrux presages this.

Subversive literature must pretend to conform to its genre while
subtly  revealing its inadequacies. The prophecy and the horcruxes
are perfect vehicles for that. I sincerely doubt JKR means to show us
that evil can be defeated by a series of what Neri called plot coupons. 

I suspect the horcruxes are unimportant except insofar as they force
Harry to make choices which will reveal something about himself. 
Wether he is one or not, IMO it is almost certain that he will have to make 
the choice between saving himself and saving the WW, if only because
otherwise he would not know if he is capable of doing what Lily did.

But it is quite within JKR's power to have Harry miraculously survive
his decision to sacrifice himself. He's already escaped a supposedly
inescapable doom.

Pippin