The Scar

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No: HPFGUIDX 159790

Anne Squires:
> 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.


SSSusan:
I have looked at this in a very different way.  I believe the 
difference between the diary horcrux, which was fairly easily destroyed 
by Harry with the basilisk fang, without damage to himself, and the 
ring horcrux, which caused significant injury to DD, was how the two 
objects were intended to be *used.*  IOW, the ring horcrux was designed 
only to house a soul bit and not for some other purpose.  Whereas the 
diary was an artifact designed *to be used* -- to be read, to be 
written in, to interact with the person holding it.  For this reason 
alone I would say that the two horcruxes were "set up" differently, and 
that could explain why Harry did not suffer ill effect while destroying 
the diary.

In addition to this, the diary hx was likely the first made by Tom, 
correct?  The ring came later, when, presumably, he was more adept at 
the magic involved in creation & protection of horcruxes.  I could 
easily see each subsequent horcrux having more elaborate (and more 
deadly) protections placed upon it.

Siriusly Snapey Susan