Harry as a Horcrux theory

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 157837

KJ wrote:
    My feeling is that Dumbledore had suspicions that  Harry might be 
carrying a piece of Voldemort. We have Harry missing for  several hours 
after the attack on Godric's Hollow, and we have conversation  between 
Hagrid and Minerva at Hogwarts. It seems likely that Harry was taken  to 
Madam Pomfrey to be checked out, at least for injuries before being  
taken to the Dursleys.  Dumbledore was the only one who had heard the  
entire prophesy, assuming, of course, that we have heard the entire  
prophesy. He knew that Harry had been "marked as his equal."


Julie:
I agree that this is a good possibility, but I suspect Harry was  taken
to *Snape* to be checked out. We learned from HBP that Snape is 
the goto man for maladies related to the Dark Arts. This would also 
add toward explaining why Hagrid seems to unconditionally support
Snape (a Slytherin no less) up to and including refusing to believe
Snape had killed Dumbledore. (Yes, some others like McGonagall
seemed shocked, but they didn't go into flat out denial like Hagrid
did.)
 
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KJ:
So, in Book 7, we know that Harry has some horcruxes to get rid of,  
we know that Snape is going to play a part somehow, and we know that  
Voldemort has to be stopped, because that is basically the challenge  
facing the heroes. We know that Snape has obeyed Dumbledore implicitly  
throughout the books but we do not know if that is going to continue. We  
also don't know if Voldemort has any idea what might be causing the  
connection between himself and Harry. We do know from HBP that he  
occludes against Harry to prevent him knowing what is being plotted. I  
suspect that Snape was kept out of the loop because of his contact with  
Dumbledore. If Voldemort is convinced that Snape is not an Occlumens, he  
would not want to risk Dumbledore discovering the plan in Snape's mind.  
Dumbledore had little or no contact with Draco, so the risk was not the  
same.
 
Julie:
If Snape did have contact with baby!Harry right after Godric's Hollow,  he
may know more about horcruxes than we suspect. In fact, I feel  certain
Snape does know about the horcruxes, if not from the beginning then 
from the moment he had to stop the damage to Dumbledore's hand from
the ring horcrux. I can't quite buy that a Potions Master like Snape  would
not recognize exactly what would have caused the deadly curse  destroying
Dumbledore's hand. 
 
KJ:
So, on that basis I can see the book  ending in several ways:

1.    Voldemort kills Harry, the last  "horcrux" and Snape kills Voldemort 
while he is dancing a jig over  Harry.

2.    Harry kills Voldemort, a lucky accident, and Snape  snuffs Harry.

3.    Harry and Snape kill Voldemort, Snape knows  he is a horcrux but can't 
bring himself to obey Dumbledore's last orders. We  are left wondering if 
Voldemort returns.

4.    The Prime  Minister advises the British military that there is a 
terrorist cell  operating out of the old Riddle house, and they 
obligingly blow all three of  our characters out of existance.:-)

Julie:
5. Voldemort and Harry end up behind the veil, where if  Harry is a horcrux 
or has part of Voldemort's soul in him by some other accidental  method,
that soul piece would separate from Harry's body (and soul) and  glom 
onto Voldy's other soul bits, forming one complete (if severely  shredded)
soul. Thus Voldemort dies, and is left with whatever patched  together
souls get. Snape does play a role, perhaps takingout one or more  horcruxes,
or helping Harry manipulate Voldemort behind the veil. (Or Snape goes 
with them and also stays as he has no way back out?) Meanwhile, our
beloved hero Harry deservedly returns to the living by some as yet  unknown
 
method (which will surely make sense once we read it ;-)

 
Julie, determined that Harry should live





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