How to make a horcrux

[Sean Patrick Brennan]

No: HPFGUIDX 159347


<<<<<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. <SNIP> 1. As soon as LV points the wand at 
Harry, his soul fractures, leaving part of it in Harry or at least in 
the scar. Because of Lily's protective magic, as well as his own soul 
bit now with Harry, when the words Avada Kadavara are uttered, it is 
deflected back at LV, ripping the remaining part of his soul from his 
body, the combine force of the two soul pieces clashing magically 
destroying the house.

2. LV, realizing that he must encase this soul bit now, attempts to 
take care of that matter, but because Lily's death was a love 
sacrifice charm itself, caused the horcrux spell to not properly 
resolve, destroying his body, sending one soul bit into Harry, the 
other soul part in the other direction, the force destroying the 
house.>>>>>
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Sean (new member here) responds:

I'd like to add that Harry being a Horcrux presents a major problem 
for LV which Wayne made me realize, but he also made me realize the 
solution/plan that LV might have if that's the case.  

Problem:
If Harry was made a Horcrux, either by accident or on purpose, then 
killing Harry will destroy part of LV's soul.  Now LV is no dummy 
from what we have learned.  If the scar or Harry was a Horcrux, LV 
would know it.  Now some would say that's why he instructs all his 
DE's not to kill Harry.  But if killing Harry was such an important 
thing not to do, why do some DE's seem hellbent on killing Harry 
anyway throughout the books?  Then again, in at least one memorable 
example from the CoS MOVIE, Lucius Malfoy starts saying, "Avada..." 
but when I cross-referenced it in CoS page 338, he was only ready to 
harm but not kill Harry.  In GoF page 678, Barty Crouch Junior 
definitely says he's going to kill Harry himself and be rewarded by 
LV for it.  In another, in HBP page 603, Severus yells at a DE to 
leave Harry alone.  In that instance, the DE wasn't necessarily 
killing him, just torturing him a bit, but Snape's warning was 
definitely caused by real concern.  Not to mention that LV himself is 
definitely trying to kill Harry.

Okay, so all of that is the problem, mainly that no matter what, LV's 
Death Eaters are trying to kill Harry even though their instructions 
are not to and LV wants Harry dead.  And if he's dead, so too is LV's 
soul portion.

Solution/LV's plan:
This solution then is based on Wayne's theory.  In GoF in the 
graveyard scene, page 658, LV has been yelling at his DE's and at 
Harry.  Nagini, meanwhile, has been constantly circling the area.  So 
on page 658, LV says, "I am now going to prove my power by killing 
him," and at the end of his speech he adds, "Just a little longer, 
Nagini."  Hmm.  If Harry is a horcrux, Nagini then is on standby to 
receive the horcrux.  Of course on that theory, Nagini is not a 
horcrux at the end of Book 4 (unless he was prepared to hold a second 
horcrux, but LV seems to prefer keeping them separate).  

I personally hate the idea that Harry is a Horcrux because it means 
he has to die, as even if all other Horcruxes are destroyed, LV lives 
on in Harry.  So I hope this is all just an exercise in "what if".  
But I wanted to contribute to the discussion anyway by reasoning out 
the Harry as Horcrux theory.  I hope it has been a worthwhile 
contribution in some way.

--Sean