Horcrux dispatching (was Re: Harry's Soul with Harry as horcrux)

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 155451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, juli17 at ... wrote:
> 
> > > Mike:
> <SNIP>
> > > Another case: he never told Harry how to  destroy a
> > > Horcrux, despite the fact that he promised to expand on the  
> > > Ring Horcrux story. Is this not an important piece of
> > > knowledge?  
> >  <snip>
> 
> > Alla:
> 
> > Oh, totally, that is one of the most  important reasons I never 
> > bought Dumbledore wanted to die on the Tower  argument. 
>  
> Julie:
> I agree that DD really didn't tell Harry how to destroy a horcrux. 
> He *showed* Harry how in the cave, but without any verbal         
> explanations about what he was doing.
<snip>
> But are you saying that Dumbledore led Harry through
> the task of destroying the horcrux, intending to later verbally   
> explain the mechanics of each step he took?
<snip>
> But I think it's less likely Dumbledore intended to explain       
> further  later than that Dumbledore knew Harry would not need 
> to know the exact step by step mechanics he used to hunt down
> that particular horcrux. 
>

Mike here:
Julie, are you mixing up Horcrux hunting with destroying Horcruxes? 
Because Dumbledore didn't even get a Horcrux from the cave much less 
destroy one.

Julie again:
> But I also think horcrux hunting in the way Dumbledore performed  
> it in HBP won't happen in the Book 7. Been there, done that, after 
> all, and JKR isn't one to repeat herself, especially when she has 
> about a thousand other things to deal with in Book 7! Certainly   
> the rest of the horcruxes will be addressed and destroyed, but    
> probably in a manner and perhaps with an expediency we can't yet  
> fathom ;-)

Mike again:
I agree, there won't be a lot of paragraphs wasted on the great 
Horcrux hunt. But if, as you say, the rest of the Horcruxes must be 
destroyed, I didn't see DD give Harry any lessons, verbal or non-
verbal, on how to do it. Like I questioned elsewhere, maybe 
destroying Horcruxes is the easy step in this whole process and 
Harry doesn't need any lessons on the destruction part. Maybe the 
whole trick is getting your hands on the things, avoiding or getting 
around any spells/booby-traps that LV set up to protect the things. 
But we have no indication in canon that this is the case. That's why 
Alla and I, amongst many others, think DD left Harry in the lurch on 
this point. Dumbledore, who is powerfully magical and infinitely 
more learned than Harry, got a whithered hand from destroying one 
Horcrux. Harry's got four to go, but only two hands last I 
remembered. Maybe this is where Ron and Hermione lend a hand! (Ooh, 
that was bad!)<g>

Speaking of DD dying or not on the tower, check out Cyril's post:
 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/155441

I think he has a valid point, and some hope for us DD is still alive 
diehards. (can you say that?)