[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry a Horcrux?

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 153424

Neri wrote:

> 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. 

   KJ writes:
     You could be right.  As I recall Voldie was dumb enough to call off 
his DEs so that he could handle Harry all by himself. Duh!

> 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. 

   KJ writes:
     They certainly could unite with the main piece, it works for me. 
When Voldemort arrived at GH, he must had had several splits that were 
not made into horcruxes. I can't see him using Ms Meadows as a horcrux, 
and then he killed James, and then he killed Lilly. So I'm thinking that 
if one piece was accidentally fired into Harry in the blast, could not 
the other split pieces also end up somewhere where they are not supposed 
to be. It wouldn't make any difference if they just sort of drifted back 
to the main piece. Perhaps that is what Harry will find at GH.


> Neri:
   snip 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.

   KJ:
    This is an interesting theory because it was important for Voldemort 
to have 7 pieces.  He knows that the diary horcrux was destroyed. If he 
makes an extra, ie Nagini, to make up for the loss of that one, will he 
lose his magical number of seven.  If he suspects Harry has a piece, can 
he salvage the situation if he recovers it, and then kills Harry to use 
for his final horcrux as he originally planned. It would be like getting 
a free piece. He would still finish up with six pieces and himself. Is 
he concerned about the physical effects of making too many horcruxes? It 
doesn't seem to be improving his appearance so far.

> 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

   KJ:
    Since no one had ever made more than one, he would have no way of 
knowing if they were all effective.  Maybe it will turn out that one or 
more of them are duds.  That will speed things up considerably in book 
7.  That feels like cheating, though.