Do you agree? (Harry as Horcrux)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 164047

Steve:
> I believe, and surely no one is surprised, that Carol 
> has stretched the least to reach her conclusions. My
> first reason to support Carol is Dumbledore; directly
> and tangentally, Dumbledore is the source of all 
> information on this matter, and he doesn't seem to 
> agree. Noted though, that Dumbledore is famous for 
> withholding information, and I'm willing to change
> my preception when new information is revealed. But
> give what we have, Dumbledore's apparent lack of 
> belief in 'Harry the Horcrux' settles it for me.

Pippin:
Dumbledore might feel obligated to tell Harry if he
knew. But Dumbledore himself does not  need to know,
at least not soon. Think about it: unless and until all the 
other horcruxes can be located and destroyed, Harry's 
horcruxity is a moot point. If Harry himself dies in that 
quest (from Dumbledore's point of view not an unlikely 
outcome, alas), it will be a  *very* moot point. 

There has to be a reason why Dumbledore so studiously
avoids the topic of how horcruxes are detected. Perhaps
he was intending to demonstrate with the locket horcrux,
and perhaps if Harry had been present at the detection
process, Dumbledore would have had an opportunity to
test the hypothesis without ever raising the issue with
Harry. If it proved false, as Dumbledore no doubt
hoped,  then he would have had spared Harry some
needless anxiety. 

I think the strongest piece of evidence no one has 
remarked on (unless I missed it) is Harry's fringe. His
hair absolutely will not lie flat -- except to conceal his
scar. Horcruxes hate to draw attention to themselves.
There may well be a horcrux beneath the scar. 

If Harry is a horcrux, I don't think it means he will
die. It just means that JKR had to think of a clever and
meaningful way for him to survive. Six books of evidence
say she  wouldn't have any trouble with that! 

Pippin