Horcuxes and GH (was RE: What's next???)

[rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 150042

> chrusotoxos wrote:
>> H1 - the diary - destroyed
>> H2 - the ring - destroyed
>> H3 - the locket - surely in Sirius' house, we've seen it (I was
>> stunned when I read
>> about it in this forum, how do people remember those things??)
>> H4 - the snake - last one the be destroyed, to be found at LV's side
>> H5 - the cup - tricky one, but has to be somewhere near...don't ff
>> say that the Weasleys are related to Hufflepuff? and the twins, they
> buy strange
>> things... H6 - mysterious object - ?
>

 >Mosaicwench:
> Thanks for the synopsis of the Horcruxes.  I don't know if this has been
> brought up here or not, so please bear with me.  Could Harry be the last
> Horcrux?  Could his scar be the representation of that Horcrux?  We know
> that Horcruxes can be contained in living beings (Nagini) so why not 
> people?
>
<snip>

Rebecca:

I have a slightly different view of the "Harry is a Horcrux" speculation.

We know that the rumor of what happened at GH is that Lily and James were 
killed by Voldemort, but Voldemort couldn't "kill" Harry.  Remember what 
rumors are - a piece of "unverified" information of uncertain origin usually 
spread by word of mouth.  DD himself says in PS/SS that "we may never know" 
what truly happened, but everyone seems to believe that Harry survived an 
AK.  Remember, no one knows about LV's Horcux mania when LV went to GH - and 
we only have DD who suspected and confirmed it later in the series, and 
Regulus *perhaps* knew about LV's secret before the Potters' demise (I have 
to check the timeline for that.)

What if appearances were deceiving, as they seem to be in the Potter world? 
Put your seats in the upright position and buckle those seatbelts, folks - 
we're about to encounter theory turbulance.

LV collects trophies.  What if he didn't AK Harry at all in GH, and instead 
tried to collect and keep his soul? LV thinks he knows the prophecy at that 
time, and we already know later in HBP when DD states (in the cave) that LV 
would not want to immediately kill the person who reached this island and 
would want to research how an adversary would have been able to manage such 
a thing.  I don't think it's too far fetched to consider that Harry's soul 
might be one he would like to keep or possess.  LV thinks he's immortal - 
and in fact has done everything he can to deny his own humanity and escape 
death.  One would speculate that his next thought might be that he's a god 
and a collecting and keeping the soul of an adversary would be a hell of a 
trophy, wouldn't it?

Rebecca, who also posted this on another list and pondered that perhaps too 
many sci fi flicks are mangling her brain