Horcrux confusion (was Harry as Horcrux/De-Horcruxing the Diary)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 163982

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
 
> Mike:
 
> I went back to reread your other post and the scar as portal would 
> still fit with your theory. But what wouldn't fit is how the diary 
> soul piece got out if Harry didn't stab the "location" of the diary's 
> Horcrux. IOW, if Harry wasn't de-Horcruxed when he got stabbed by the 
> Basilisk fang because it didn't stab his scar, how come the diary 
> *was* de-Horcruxed if it wasn't stabbed in it's Horcrux location? I 
> suppose you could say that Harry just got lucky, hit the right spot, 
> but it weakens any theory to claim luck was with you. Then again, the 
> diary was so small, maybe Harry couldn't help but hit the Horcrux's 
> location.

Geoff:
I hope Mike will forgive me for using part of one of his posts but I am 
being pedantic and pointing out that there is a good deal of confusion 
over the use of the word Horcrux.

In the above, for example, the diary wasn't de-Horcruxed by being 
stabbed in its Horcrux location. The diary IS the Horcrux. What was 
removed was the soul piece. From the analogy which has been used of 
a cake and the cake-tin,  the cake-tin is the Horcrux and the cake is 
the soul fragment. It becomes confusing and difficult to follow an 
argument when these two are mixed up.