[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry Potter is not a Horcrux

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 164548



Jen Reese <stevejjen at earthlink.net> pointed out, in response to Carol's argument that a Harry as Horcrux adds unneccesary layers of complication:          Jen: I'm interested in the point about the scar being otherwise 
explained and how Harry as a Horcrux adds an unnecessary complication. 
As of yet there's no explanation for the scar connection, no mechanism 
has been introduced and Dumbledore only says they are 'connected by the 
curse that failed' and can't explain why. 

  akh pipes up:
  We are told that no one has survived the Avada Kedavra prior to Harry, so it's "side effects" are unknown to the wizarding world.  We also know that it's not one of those spells that can be flicked off the end of a wand casually.  Crouch!Moody says in GOF that all of the students could point their wands at him and shout the spell, and he woudn't get so much as a nosebleed.  If anyone would know it would be him, I might add.  He probably had to work his way up to AK.
  Carol's point that the scar must have been created when the curse exited Harry got me thinking about a possible explanation that would have been set up prior to book 6.   My postulation is that perhaps the power necessary to cast an Avada Kedavra is contained in the spell, and perhaps it brings that power with it when it enters the body of the victim.  Of course, it's moot in everyone else, because no one else has survived it, but with Harry successfully expelling the curse, the powers are left behind.   This would not necessitate Horcrux!Harry, which I admit I also dislike, and it wouldn't introduce some new complication.  

Jen again:
  The biggest evidence I see against the scar as a Horcrux is that Lily's 
protection is supposed to keep Voldemort from touching Harry so how 
could his soul piece make it into Harry's forehead? 
  akh chimes in:
  I agree completely.  He is protected from Voldemort pre-AK, and I would expect a tainted sould piece would have no more luck against the charm than the rest of Voldy.  
  akh, who's hopelessly behind on reading posts, but just had to butt in - er - share an opinion anyway
   
  
 


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