Harry Potter is not a Horcrux

[argentumangela]

No: HPFGUIDX 164544

> Carol:
> But Horcruxes and possession aren't exactly the same thing. The
> Harry!Horcrux supporters (and I'm not one of them) aren't arguing
> that Harry is possessed by Voldemort's soul, the ragged remnant
> of which is now inside his own restored body. They're arguing that
> a *bit* or fragment of Voldemort's soul, split off by the murder of
> Harry's mother, entered the cut on his forehead and is now encased
> in the scar, much as a soul bit is deliberately encased in an
> object (or possibly a living creature like Nagini) to create a
> Horcrux. They think that a Horcrux can be created accidentally.
> Some, not all, of them think that the spell can be performed in
> advance (which still doesn't explain how the soul bit got into
> Harry, who surely wouldn't be an ideal container for the soul bit
> created from his own murder).

Hello Carol.  I agree with you in saying that horcruxes can't be
made accidentally.

If you think about it, JKR has always been about choices. Harry
survived because his mother chose to sacrifice herself for him.
Harry turned his back on the dark arts because he chose Gryffindor
instead of Slytherin. The trio was formed because they chose to save
Hermione from the troll and she chose to cover up for them. And the
prophecy came true mainly from two choices: Voldermort chose to
believe it to be true; and Harry ultimately chose to do the right
thing and face him in the end to save everyone he cares for.

So for an important story arch such as the Horcrux, I doubt JKR will
make it possible that such an important part of the story can happen
without the effects of her characters' free will. From the
disappointment that is Book 6, we were all treated first hand how
meticulous Tom Riddle was in choosing, obtaining, making, and hiding
each Horcrux.  Not to mention that in making one, the wizard (if you
think about it) will have to call forth intense amounts of magic and
concentration in trying to manipulate such ancient and dark magic or
else he'll lose control and who knows what can happen.

As for not trying to kill Harry before GoF, I believe he did try
though only indirectly. In GoF, one could argue that he was drunk
with his own power and so tried to eliminate the one who had first
vanquished him. But he hasn't tried to do so directly again, if you
will notice in OoTP and HBP. Both encounters weren't direct attacks
on Harry.

Regarding the prophecy, is anyone else guessing that "the power he
knows not" isn't as vague as love as Dumbledore may have intuited? I
mean, if it was just the emotion, it didn't really matter if
Voldemort heard the complete prohecy right? But the headmaster had
the Order guard the DoM primarily. Does anyone think it might be an
ancient magic based on the emotion of love that Voldemort might have
heard about? Dumbledore has said that Voldemort had always scoffed
at the ancient magics based on positive emotions so that implies he
has knowledge of it. Which would imply that they do exist and would
most probably be what Harry would need to use to defeat him.

argentumangela