How to make a horcrux -- one small flaw

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 159282

---  "Wayne Cochran" <gwc22 at ...> wrote:
>
> I have a theory that could explain Harry!horcrux or 
> Scar!horcrux, although I am going out on a limb here.
> Have we ever been told the ritual that is undertaken in
> creating a horcrux? I think that it is a complicated 
> process that targets two separate things, the victim 
> and the item the soul piece becomes attached to. So, 
> under this theory, presumably, the ritual must begin 
> before the murder takes place, and ends when the soul 
> piece becomes encased in another object. Now, once a 
> ritual like this starts, theoretically, it cannot be 
> stopped until it is completed. 
>
> ...edited...

bboyminn:

Just one small thing that you need to explain away before
I can accept your theory. When we see Tom Riddle in 
Slughorn's memory, he is wearing the Ring, so he has
killed his father and grandparents, and framed Morphin.

But, it is only at this later time that he is initially
asking Slughorn about Horcruxes and how they work. So,
we must assume that it was some time after that that
he completed his research into Horcruxes and actually 
makes a Horcrux from their deaths. Consequently, that 
implies there can't be any advance preparation process 
as part of the creation of a Horcrux.

Explain that away and we will take it from there.

Personally, I think creating a Horcrux is simply a matter
of assigning a soul-bit to a new body; which can be done
at any time after the soul-bit is created, somewhat 
similar to a switching or transfer spell, though certainly
more complicated and difficult. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn