Horocrux hunting

[career advisor]

No: HPFGUIDX 153162




    From: "Tonks" ton ks_op at yahoo.com
    Date: Mon May 29, 2006 9:08pm(PDT) 
Subject: Horcrux hunting

<<DD said, and we have seen, that the horcruxes are also a weapon.  
They kill anyone that tries to destroy them.  They may also use the 
life force of the victim to regenerate part of LV as it did in the 
diary.  With this in mind how, I ask you, is Harry going to be able 
to destroy them?  He almost died when he found the first one and we 
see what happened to DD with the ring.  As skilled a wizard as DD 
is, if it were not for Snape the ring would have killed DD.  I just 
can't see Harry destroying the horcruxes by himself or with his 
friends.  It will be certain death.

I have been thinking about who could destroy them. And who `would' 
destroy them.  I think that Slughorn would have the skill, but would 
not do it. He has too strong of a self preservation streak to take 
that risk.  I can see Mad-Eye doing it, and Sn ape of course. But we 
need Sn ape for something else at the end in the final battle between 
LV and Harry, so Sn ape can't do a horcrux too.  I expect the person 
who destroys the horcrux to die doing it. 

I don't want Ton ks and Lu pin to die.  Maybe another Auror will do 
it.  (have a bit of a self preservation streak myself. ;-)

So who will JKR kill off to destroy the horcruxes?  I think it would 
be nice of her if it were someone who was a loner. Someone who would 
not leave a wife/husband or family behind. And NO not Lu pin!!

Ton ks_op>>

DA Jones Here: 

I wonder if it a coincidence that Harry has 4 Horcruxes left to 
destroy and 4 principal friends to help him do it:

Ron 
Hermione
Neville
Luna

I don't think as the char are written that any of them would let him


Harry attempt to destroy them himself and there is no way Harry would let Ginny try to attempt it. 

Another possibility is a DA member from each house attempts it, which means that at least one Slytherin has to join the DA. In this case I vote:

Hufflepuff cup -- Smith or Susan Bones who is fated to die anyway.
Ravenclaw item -- Luna (I'm sorry but Luna is such a funny char that she has to die. One way  in fiction of showing true horror is  to kill off the funny char, besides JKR has admitted in interviews  in a roundabout way that in book 7 a female will die). 
Locket   - Draco or Ton ks (see Luna above)
Snake -- Neville  (No better way to show his courage then to face the beast at the end by Harry's side) I think Neville will survive which will be even more triumphant if all the previous Horcrux destroyers die. Besides Neville just has to wield the sword of Gryffindor and this is the perfect place for it. The swords magical power is to bring courage, so JKR can have fun here and have Neville say outrageously heroic things. Such as: "I'll embed this in his breast or I'm not a Gryffindor or some such silly thing."   :-) Make fun of heroic char. etc...

DA Jones



		
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