DIARY- Misconception ( was A new Voldemort/Harry Theory...)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 159274

---  "spookedook" <spookedook at ...> wrote:
>
> KathyO wrote:
> 
> Harry destroys Riddle's Diary. Later we learn the book 
> is a Horcrux. Keeping that point in mind, didn't Harry
> destroy the book rather Easily? Think about the 
> difficulties in the cave with the necklace?
> 

> Tinktonks:
> 
> I can see where you're coming from on this but 
> personally I dont think there was anything 'easy' about
> having your arm pierced by a  highly poisonous fang of 
> a creature that can kill you without even getting close.
> 
> I don't think its fair to say it was easy. The basilisk
> was .. the most poisonous inescapable creature possible.
> Therefore the potency of the poison very high - not 
> suprising a horcrux should succumb to this.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Tinktonks
>

bboyminn:

There is a slight misconception here with regards to the 
nature of the protections surrounding the Horcruxes.

First regarding the Diary, the Diary differs from the 
other Horcruxes in that it was meant to be used. The whole
purpose of the Diary was that it was to be placed in the
hands of some unsuspecting citizen at some time in order
to release the Basilisk. The other Horcruxes were not
meant to be found and used, they were meant to be hidden
away and never found by anyone ever.

Notice that the Locket Horcrux itself was easy to obtain
once you got past all the external enchantments protecting
it. With regard to the Ring, we can't be sure. Certainly
there were external enchantments protecting it, but since
it was in a somewhat unprotected area, the Gaunt farm, it
may have not only had external protections but may have
also had a protective curse of some type placed directly 
on it in case some muggle or magical person came snooping 
around and accidentally discovered it. That is very much
NOT likely to happen with the locket in the cave. It is
not likely to be found by accident in such a remote and 
difficult to access cave. So anyone coming to the 
cave is likely to be there for one specific purpose; 
therefore access to the locket must be guarded, but the
Locket itself seems not to contain any protective curse.

Now we know that these are all powerful magical objects,
it is possible that some of the 'objects' innate power is
released when the Horcrux is destroyed and the soul-bit is
released. Considering that, it is possible that the Ring
was not cursed and that some internal innate magical power
was spontaneously released when it was destroyed. The
Diary was a common muggle object bought at a common muggle
store, it did not have a centuries long history over which
to accumulate magical power, so there would have been very
little to release when it was destroyed.

So, my point is, we need to be careful not to confuse the
charms protecting the /location/ of the Horcrux with any
potential magical power that might have been applied to
the Horcrux itself. All the magic we see in the cave has
been applied to the /location/. 

Until we see a Horcrux, other than the Diary which is a
unique case, destroyed we can't say for sure how dangerous
that process is. As to the Ring, Dumbledore may have been
injured by charms protecting the location, or by protective 
curses placed on the Ring, or by the release of inherent 
magical power when the Ring was broken open. If it was 
'inherent magical power' then that situation was unique 
specifically to the Ring, and would be very different for
other magical objects like the Hufflepuff Cup.

So in conclusion, we must be careful to separate the 
protections placed on the /location/ of a Horcrux from 
whatever magical power the object itself may or may not
contain. That's all I'm saying.

Steve/bboyminn