Harry not a Horcrux

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 161254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Neri" <nkafkafi at ...> wrote:
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> Neri:
> Here's my favorite combination: Voldy meant to turn Lily into a living
> Horcrux in GH. This is why he didn't AK her on the spot. The bonus
> here is that it also explains what was to be the Gryffindor Horcrux:
> since Voldy couldn't find a Gryffindor relic, he decided on a
> Gryffindor student instead. I also think the special vileness of
> making the mother a Horcrux by killing her son would appeal to 
Voldemort.
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Well, that would seem to me to be rather arbitrary, to say the least.  
Why on earth would Voldy want Lily, specifically, to be a horcrux?  
What is there about her that would make her, specifically, attractive 
for that purpose?  Is it simply the sadism angle?  I suppose that would 
appeal to Voldy, but it would also reveal Voldy is incredibly stupid 
(which, I grant you, he has revealed himself to be repeatedly in his 
fondness of laughably ridiculous and convoluted plots when much simpler 
and more straightforward solutions were readily available).  This would 
take the cake, however, for being convoluted and ridiculous.  DD speaks 
of the dangers of a living Horcrux, even when that Horcrux is one's 
loyal pet.  Now Voldy is going to take one of his dread enemies, fill 
said enemy with murderous rage, and then "entrust" said person with a 
piece of his soul?  That strikes me as being an -- unwise -- course of 
action even for the ludicrously incompetent Dark Lord.


Lupinlore, who does acknowledge that as an adult in the Wizarding 
World, Voldy cannot be expected to be anything but an incompetent moron