Harry a Horcrux? No.. Something different...

Jazmyn Concolor jazmyn at pacificpuma.com
Sat Jun 3 06:03:47 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 153309

I am wondering where people keep getting the idea that the simple act of 
using a killing spell creates a horcrux.. I find this HIGHLY unlikely 
that everyone who kills anyone is making horcruxes willy-nilly, right 
and left, popping them out of their ears or whatever.   While the whole 
idea of soul splitting by killing is all very fun for some, its not 
likely that it just creates a random horcrux.  If.. and I say IF, 
wizards killing splits the soul, then likely all the pieces stay 
together normally and the person just has to deal with it, with nothing 
more then whatever regrets they had caused by killing..  However, this 
means that Voldemort was likely carrying a number of pre-enchanted 
horcrux 'storage' items with him when attacking Harry and his parents.  
Posibly triggered by him killing someone or each item might have to be 
set for a specific person to be killed by the owner to activate it?

Making a horcrux likely takes a pre-enchanted vessel to house the soul 
chunk, then once the soul piece is trapped in the item, the person 
suffers no regrets for what they did as they are removed from the split 
piece of soul.   Its unlikely that one can accidentally make a horcrux 
due to the vessel having to be properly enchanted to receive the soul 
piece.   If... and I say IF, Harry absorbed a piece of Voldemort's soul 
meant to go into an enchanted item, then he is not really a horcrux, as 
that piece of soul is apt to merge completely with Harry's, giving him 
some of Voldemort's powers and a link of sorts to him, but NOT making 
him a horcrux.. He might be some form of 'anti-horcrux', absorbing a 
piece of soul meant for an enchanted item, but being a free-willed 
being, unlike Voldemort's snake, the 'soul piece' will not be the same 
after long term exposure..

What happens if Voldemort ever got back that piece of soul, now 
'changed' by Harry?  Would be like suddenly giving Voldemort a 
conscience and the horror of what he had done with his life and the 
taint of 'love' in that piece of soul might destroy him.   Harry would 
lose the powers he gained from Voldemort, but that would not really 
matter much..  No, I do not believe Harry is technically a horcrux, but 
something more, something taking a piece of an evil creature's soul and 
purifying it for return later... 

Jazmyn


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