Predictions, Wishful Thinking & Anything But *That*...! (Re: Satisfaction..)

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 163440

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:

> Heaven forfend! If Dumbledore suspected any such thing, surely he
> would have told Harry rather than misleading him into thinking that 
> he knows all the remaining Horcurxes

zanooda: 

Oh, I understand your sentiment, Carol. I don't like this idea (DD 
knowing that Harry has a soul-bit) myself. This is what I believe, 
yes, but I don't like it, if it makes any sense to you :-).

I don't like how DD looks in this case, unless he intended to tell, 
but didn't have the time. It doesn't work well with the theory that 
DD was dying all that year and knew about it, but this is just a 
theory, right? Maybe he didn't intend to die so soon and thought he 
still have enough time to explain everything. I think DD telling 
Harry about Nagini was the first step in this direction (I don't 
believe she is a H-x and I don't think DD believed it either).

I also don't like in what position all this puts our dear Snape (DDM 
variety). I mean, if Snape was really DD's confidant, then he must 
know about Horcruxes and about this soul bit in particular. Then, to 
ensure the final destruction of LV, the poor guy must let LV kill 
Harry so that he (Snape) can then AK Horcrux-less Voldy. Or, if Harry 
somehow kills LV first and LV turns into Vapor!Mort again, Snape will 
have to kill Harry, and quickly, before Vapor!Mort manages to get 
another body. This is all theoretical, of course, but I don't like it 
anyway, I don't like it at all! Too dark for my taste!

Still, I cannot believe that DD didn't know, or at least suspected, 
that there is LV's soul-bit stuck inside Harry. There is no canon 
support for this, but the idea should have crossed DD's mind, IMO.

Finally, for the record, I've always believed and I believe now that 
Harry will stay alive. If Harry turns out to be a Horcrux (and I'm 
not even sure he will), I feel confident that JKR will find a way 
around it and Harry will survive. I don't know how. I have very poor 
imagination and can't think of anything myself, but I believe that 
both your possession idea and going through the veil will work well 
here. Whatever it turns out to be,  Harry will be "de-Horcruxed" and 
Snape won't have to kill him. That would be too much to take.