Harry's fate/ Question to Neri...

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 155743


> zanooda:
> 
> Like you, I have some trouble accepting Harry-as-an accidental Horcrux
> idea. It is one of my favorite theories, and I think it will explain a
> lot of things if Harry turns out to be an accidental Horcrux, but I
> cannot figure out HOW Harry could become one. 
> 
> I mean, the only way it could have happened is if LV cast the
> Horcrux-creating spell before he attempted to AK Harry. But if the
> spell must be cast before the killing, how, for example, the ring
> Horcrux was created? I always assumed that LV made this particular
> Horcrux with his father's murder, but he couldn't have created it that
> same night. He did it much later, and it means that the spell was cast
> long time after the murder. 

Pippin:
Accidental magic can happen without any spell being cast at all if
the wizard is frightened or angry. Voldie would certainly have been
frightened and angry when his AK spell bounced and came back at
him. We're used to seeing this effect only in child wizards, but 
Voldemort *is* a child in some sense or so we must guess from
the form he took in GoF before his re-embodiment. We know
that magic which ordinarily takes lots of practice and concentration
to learn can be performed by children accidentally. Harry is able
to apparate and regrow his hair, both feats that many adult 
wizards would find difficult to do on purpose.

> 
> > Neri wrote:
> 
> > in that very paragraph were Dumbledore talks about the Harry's
> > "untarnished and whole" soul he says it was in spite of"
> > "temptations", "suffering" and "lure of power like Voldemort's". How
> > exactly was Harry lured by powers like Voldemort's?
> 
>
Pippin:
I think Dumbledore means the temptation of using his power to
get revenge. Harry could have used his powers the way Voldemort did,
to get back at anyone who harmed him.

Pippin