[HPforGrownups] Re: Tom Riddle and the Diary!Horcrux

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 161440

Carol
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I think that Dumbledore simply destroyed the ring!Horcrux, and with  it
the soul bit (which was probably released to go beyond the Veil  rather
than destroyed because the soul is immortal). He was attacked by  the
protective curse on the ring, but there's no evidence that he  was
possessed or that he encountered a Memory!Tom like the one in the  diary.

Nikkalmati:
 
I know there are several theories about what happens to a split soul piece  
that is released either when LV was disembodied or when a Horcrux is  
destroyed.  IMHO the most likely is that the soul fragment joins the  original main 
soul.  In this way as each Horcrux is destroyed, LV becomes  more human and thus 
eventually he is able to die. LV would not have to be  aware of this process.  
It makes sense that a soul has a desire to remain  or to become whole.  We 
know he had committed multiple murders, not  all of which have been used to 
create a Horcrux.   Could all these  pieces have been liberated to cross over when 
LV became a spirit or did  they adhere to LV's main soul?  As long as the 
main soul, the one with  LV's consciousness, is on this side of the Veil, I think 
the loose  soul pieces will stay with it.  A soul is inherently immortal and 
it is  inherently one.   Admittedly, we have not seen any changes in LV after  
the Diary soul was released or after the ring soul was released, but that may 
be  simply our POV or that the changes are not that dramatic.  However,  
eventually LV will become more and more like Tom Riddle and less like a  snake.  
Also, if Harry is carrying a piece of LV's soul in his scar, all  that would 
have to happen is for the scar to be split open and the soul piece  will return 
to LV on its own.
 
Nikkalmati
 


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