Accidental Harrycrux : another question (nature of a horcrux)

[felix_quinn]

No: HPFGUIDX 155586


> Carol:
> > However, given JKR's Christianity and her use of Latin adaptations
> > throughout the books, I think "crux" (cross) is the probable root,
> > in combination with "hor(ror)" (also Latin, with a self-evident
> > meaning).


Luna:
> Following a Christian interpretation, it could
> be said that Harry is carrying this "cross of horror," which is his
> mission to vanquish Lord Voldemort. I am not 100% convinced that
> Harry or Harry's scar is a Horcrux, but I can't deny that this idea
> could be a possible explanation to Voldemort's powers transference
> to Harry.

I wonder if it's possible that the word crux was used because it 
serves so many purposes. I think the interpetation of crux as 'cross' 
is the most likely, but I also think that it indicates how important 
it is to Voldemort's ultimate plan, and his mortality- like I said 
and you said, crux as in "the root", and 'kruk' as it relates 
to 'crutch'. 

I had wondered, also, if maybe the destruction of the horcruxes 
(horcri?) aren't maybe what we expect at all. There have been many 
theories thrown around, and this might have come up before, but what 
if the entire search for the horcruxes keeps running into dead ends, 
and in the final battle it's discovered that the destruction of all 
of them can be done in a way that requires Harry to do something that 
results in his own death or in him possibly somehow taking the 
horcuxes or at least the burden of them onto himself? 

Possibly, instead of being destroyed, they can be neutralised? Their 
nature lends itself to a loveless existence, one without compassion 
or remorse, so what if that can be counteracted? 

Offhand, this brings to mind two villians- Xayide from Neverending 
story 2, and Mab from Merlin. (there are probably loads more that fit 
the example I want to make, but I can only think of these two.) 
Xayide was destroyed when Bastian, instead of doing that which would 
save him from the Nothing and take him home, used his last wish "that 
Xayide have a heart". Her very nature being against this, she sheds 
one tear that repairs the damage she's done and kills her. 

Mab, in Merlin, relies on attention and power (much like _someone_ we 
know) and gets her power from the awe and fear she inspires in others-
 when Merlin tells her that they are simply going to forget her, and 
walks away, she can't handle it and evaporates. 

Two somewhat simplified examples from stories that don't have quite 
the depth or intricacy of the HP series, but possible parralels. We 
know of the importance of love in the HP world, so what if that- 
rather than the flat out murder of LV- is the key to his destruction? 
It obviously won't be quite as simple as just 'forgiving' him (or 
something along those lines) but what if the solution is a slightly 
glorified way of doing so?

Ideas, anyone?

Felix, who blames possible weak theories on a bad perm affecting her 
brain.