[HPforGrownups] Re: Bill and Snape and Horcruxes

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 165490

> > Valky wrote:
> > The answer to your question is that Bill Weasley is a professional
> > Curse Breaker so he might be able to make himself useful in a quest to
> > destroy cursed objects.
> >
> > And of course, Snape is the unequivocal expert in the obscurest Dark
> > Arts ...
>
> Goddlefrood responded:
>
> ... there is a candidate, whose abilities are as yet
> unknown, but who undoubtedly is versed in Horcruxes, and that is Horace
> Slughorn. ...
>
> I am of the firm view that Horace will play a significant role in
> neutralising / destroying the Horcruxes to the point where his inherent
> fence sitting and looking for an easy life is destroyed. ...
>
> In respect of Snape assisting I would only say that if he does it will
> be off radar and it is quite possible that it will never come to
> Harry's attention and therefore neither would it come to ours. ...

Kemper now:
You're right that Horace knows of horcruxes, but I doubt he'd be
helpful in destroying any.  He is a wizard who enjoys an easy life and
seems to have little experience in crisis situations (see Ron's
poisoning).  Besides, it's not the horcrux that's difficult to
destroy, it is the curses surrounding the Horcrux... or so I suspect.

The diary was relatively easy to destroy (fang through Tom's journal
entries).  Once DD got past the curse(s) of the ring all he /seemed/
to do in order to destroy the horcrux was to crack the stone setting.

I can see Bill helping to decurse/uncurse (it's late) a Horcrux with Harry.
I do see Snape destroying a Horcrux off-page.  So that when the battle
between Harry and Voldie occurs, Harry will be under the assumption
that there is one more Horcrux left.  That being the theorized case, I
can see Harry more willing to kill Voldemort as Harry would believe
that he wasn't truly killing Voldie because he'd believe there was
another Horcrux.  Am I rambling?

Kemper, tired and off to bed