Harry a Horcrux?

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 153420

>    KJ writes:
>      My theory is that the soul part in Harry *will* function as a 
> horcrux, and that this is the "power that Voldemort knows not". Only 
> Harry will recognize that Voldemort is not yet vanquished and will be 
> able to take the steps necessary to destroy the final piece of soul. To 
> me, this is what the prophesy means by "neither can live while the
other 
> survives".
> 

Neri:
The dual meaning of these words is certainly one of the strong
indications for Horcrux!Harry, either as a clue or as a red herring. I
personally tend to think that they will prove a red herring, but a
very useful one. That is, I completely agree that at one critical
point in Book 7 Harry will be convinced that he has to sacrifice his
own life in order to kill Voldemort. 


> Neri:
> > A. As Dumbledore theorized, Voldemort indeed had meant to make a
> > living Horcrux with the murder of the prophesied baby.
> 
> KJ:
>     I don't think that Voldemort ever intended to make a "living 
> horcrux". I do believe DD when he stated that he thought Voldemort did 
> intend to make his final horcrux using the soul split that would have 
> occurred when he murdered Harry. As this failed, there should only be 
> six horcruxes in total. Harry's was the significant death, as a result 
> of the prophesy for the final horcrux. I have a hard time believing
that 
> Voldemort is dumb enough to make Nagini a horcrux. I think that this
was 
> a plot device to let us know that a living horcrux was a possibility.
> 

Neri:
Dumbledore thought that Voldemort *was* dumb enough to make a living
horcrux, and we have JKR's word that Dumbledore's guesses are never
far from the truth. Of course, the theory of Horcrux!Harry works
regardless of Nagini being one, and I certainly agree that this was a
plot device for suggesting this possibility to us.

However, if Voldemort wasn't aware that Harry became a Horcrux, then
after the graveyard he'd believe that he's still one Horcrux short of
his goal of six. Do you see him giving up on completing his precious
project for no good reason? Dumbledore didn't, and I don't either.
Besides, Book 7 would be more fun if Nagini is a Horcrux. 


>    Neri:
> > E. Voldemort now tries to kill Harry but the AK rebounds on him. His
> > two soul parts are released. The only body still alive in the house is
> > Harry, so one of the soul parts enters him and the spell is finally
> > sealed.
> 
> KJ:
>    This is interesting, as we know that the main soul of Voldemort 
> drifted away to end up in Albania. We suspect that one piece ended
up in 
> Harry.  One wonders what happened to the other piece. In fact,
Voldemort 
> was such a busy murderer, that I wonder how many other pieces there 
> were. If there was no actual encasing spell applied to these other 
> pieces, were they also destroyed, did they reunite with the main piece?
> 

Neri:
When I wrote "two soul parts" I meant the "main piece" that went to
Albania and the one that went into Harry. Dumbledore tells us that
Voldemort "seems to have reserved the process of making Horcruxes for
particularly significant deaths". This implies that soul pieces
created by other killings don't count. I think we may assume that they
reunite with the main piece. 


>    Neri:
> > 2. Why Voldemort himself was not aware that such a connection was
formed.
> 
>     KJ:
>      To me, this proves that no spell was performed prior to the
murders 
> at GH, or he would have some idea of what might have occurred. 
> 

Neri:
What it proves is that there was no spell to make *Harry* the Horcrux.
In such a case Voldemort would have probably suspected a connection
from the beginning. If, however, the spell wasn't meant for Harry as
the Horcrux, Voldemort wouldn't have any special reason to suspect a
connection. And indeed, until OotP Voldemort wasn't aware of it.

Once Voldemort became aware of the connection he certainly has a
reason to suspect what had happened in GH, if he's not dumb. Perhaps
he even already knows. However, he still has many other Horcuxes and
he still needs to kill Harry, so nothing has changed from his point of
view.


>     KJ:
> This is 
> also demonstrated by Voldemort's lack of knowledge of the
destruction of 
> any of his horcruxes. He can't feel them. I wonder if he is becoming 
> suspicious about what happened and if that is why his DEs have 
> instructions to leave Harry for him to deal with.

Neri:
Certainly an interesting possibility. Perhaps he hopes to retrieve his
lost soul piece when he kills Harry, and this requires some special
equipment. However, he seemed ready enough to kill Harry on the spot
in the Ministry, and that was after he discovered the connection.


>    Neri:
> > 3. Why Voldemort seems to be unsure about what exactly happened at GH
> > (he says in the graveyard: "it appeared that one or more of my
> > experiments had worked... for I had not been killed")
> 
>    KJ:
>       Unfortunately, horcruxes are one of those things that are only 
> demonstrated to work when actually field tested.:)
> 

Neri:
Yes, but he's saying that *after* the field test had already
succeeded. You'd think he'd be more sure of himself then. And he
especially seems undecided regarding the number of his experiments
that worked.


Neri