The Scar

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 159767

>  Charles Dias wrote:
> >  Very nice this theory of Harry's scar to be a horcrux itself.
> > I've never think about it. But if it's so, Ms. JK has just
> > prepared the death of Harry Potter since the very first book
> > because the horcrux (Harry) must be destroyed in order to get
> > Voldemort destroyed too.

Jim Ferer wrote:
>
> I've always had in mind a much harder sacrifice than mere physical
> life; Harry would make that without hesitation. I once thought that
> Harry would have to give up his ability to do magic and become a
> Muggle in order to destroy Voldemort. There would be an awful dilemna.
>
Anne Squires responds:

I also have always thought that Harry might have to give up his magic
in order to defeat Voldemort. In CoS DD tells Harry that Voldemort
passed on more than a scar to Harry when he attacked him as a baby.
At the time DD is refering to Parseltongue; but, he seeems to imply
that Harry got more than just Parseltongue from LV.  When I first read
that I immediately started wondering if Harry got all of his magic
from LV.  I also wonder if this was what was being investigated during
the time between the attack on the Potters and when Hagrid delivered
Harry to the Dursleys.  Since I read DD's comment in CoS I've been on
the lookout for another talent which LV might have passed on to Harry,
and I haven't been able to identify one.  (If anyone has found another
talent from LV, please let me know.)  Maybe this means _all_ of
Harry's magic comes from LV.  Maybe Harry was born a squib.  The way I
see it, the scar is a horcrux.  The trio will somehow figure this out.
 They will also figure out a way to destroy the scar without
destroying Harry himself --- just his magic.  (Don't ask me how
because I'm not sure exactly.)  In the end Harry is alive, but no
longer a wizard.  To me it ties into the idea that great sacrifice is
needed to obtain great benefit.  There is the precedents of Lily
sacrificing herself for Harry.  Perhaps Harry will become a living
sacrifice.  I also like the idea that Voldemort dies at the hand of
someone who was born a squib.  And I love the irony of the WW owing
the defeat of the latest Dark Lord to a squib.

Also, does anyone else think that Harry was able to destroy the
horcrux in the diary without injuring himself because he is a horcrux,
or rather has a horcrux in him (the scar)?  When DD destroyed the
horcrux in the ring he was obviously grievously injured; however,
Harry suffered no ill effects from destroying the horcrux in the
diary.  Maybe by being marked as Voldemort's equal LV inadvertently
gave Harry the ability to destroy horcuxes without injuring himself.
Perhaps Harry is the only person alive who can destroy a horcrux and
suffer no ill effects.

~Anne Squires