Horcrux hunting

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 153178

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "whirledgirl" <blink_883 at ...> wrote:

> That Carol may have meant spearing the diary with a poisoned fang is 
> relatively easier (or less arduous!) than finding out and learning 
> whatever spells or type of magic that Dumdledore obviously knew.

Or maybe not. Harry seems to have a strong intuitive feeling of how to
fight Voldemort (or perhaps lots of luck). How many people would have
thought of spearing the diary? In some way I suspect the scar he got
gave him that instictive understanding of the way Voldemort operates
and how to defeat him. despite the fact that his magical skills are so
far below him.

> If you choose  to believe it won't be Harry, then I guess this 
> is less relevant (as the character you might think this task will fall 
> to may be able to destroy them anyway, Snape, Aberforth, whoever).
> How, then, is Harry, without any idea of where to start, meant to know 
> where to go first?

I believe that the reason JKR created so many Horcruxes is to force
Harry to ask for help. He can't find and destroy the 4 remaining
Horcruxes by himself, so he'll have to rely on others (probably Ron,
Hermione and Ginny plus OOP and DA members and whatever information
Sirius' brother may have left in Grimmauld Place).

> In HBP, Harry does say ... that he still wants to become an 
> auror [deleted].  This would put the 'final battle' 
> years perhaps from the time of HBP. Or, has it just not fully dawned 
> on Harry yet? Are we anticipating things a bit? Is it possible JKR will 
> have a - AND AFTER HARRY'S AUROR TRAINING - part? 

At the end of HBP Harry seems to outgrow that desire. He appears
pretty fed up with the Ministry (in particular the MoM who was the
head of the auror office until Fudge was fired). He talks rather
disparagingly about the ability of the two aurors the MoM is offering
to him when he has to confront Voldemort.

So no, I just can't see HP going to work and sit in an auror cubicle
every day - certainly not after he defeats (if he does) LV - but not
before either. If he does not plan to return to school, he won't have
the prerequisites anyway.

Salit