Harry's scar, love, and the death of Voldemort
bfiw2002
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Tue Jul 10 21:16:40 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 171542
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> Carol responds:
> I can see Harry offering to die but not to sacrifice his soul to a
> Dementor. In any case, the problem with the whole Harry!Horcrux
theory
> (any version) is that it's circular.
snippage
Biff
I absolutely agree in the circular logic of the Harry is a Horcrux
theory. But for me, that logic was solved by the dementors. What if
Harry is a Horcrux. He knows he has to destroy the bit of LV that's
inside him and realizes that the only way to do that is to die. But
wait- there are the dementors, who feed on people's souls. So Harry
decides to sacrifice himself to the dementors to save the world from
LV. He receives the slimy kiss- and lives! The dementor who has
sucked out LV's soul shrivels and dies, a la The Wicked Witch of the
West who just had water thrown on her. Harry, now more himself than
he ever was, is filled with the love of his departed parents and
Sirius and supported by his friends. He defeats LV, who has seen
that Harry has succeeded in destroying the last Horcrux, is weakened
by fear of his mortality and the aura of love surrounding Harry. He
too succumbs to the water-on-the-witch death throes.
Okay, so a bit over the top, but it does essentially provide for a
living Harry at the end of DH.
Biff- who is stubborn enough to believe this, but not so stubborn to
believe anything else that strikes her fancy
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