DH rant

[Annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 172880


> Neri:
> > And what about an explanation for "in
> > > essence divided"? 
> 
>  
> Lisa:
> >Dumbledore was working out for himself that Harry was a Horcrux, 
and  
> > that, though Voldemort's soul 
> > resided in Harry, they were "in essence, divided," meaning they 
could 
> > be killed separately.  Since I stubbornly 
> > clung to my Harry-is-not-a-Horcrux theory, though, I didn't "get 
it" 
> > until the very end.
> 
> 
> JW:
> Around the fourth or fifth time I read the book, I thought I 
realized 
> what it meant.  However, I interpreted "in essence divided" to mean 
> that a soul-piece existed in Harry, but that it was NOT a horcrux.  
I 
> just assumed that some magical ritual had to take place in order to 
> properly esconce the soul-piece in the designated container.  LV 
> clearly did not so designate baby Harry, and to me the concept of 
an 
> accidental horcrux seems quite contradictory - and it still seems 
so 
> (to me).
> 
> After all, with all the soul-pieces flying around during the blood 
> bath, you might think (or I might think) there would be a virtual 
game 
> of musical chairs, errr... soul-pieces.  If someone had just said 
the 
> magic word, there could have been dozens of accidental horcruxes 
made 
> at the Battle of Hogwarts.
>

Annemehr:
I assume that what made the accidental Horcruxing of Harry possible 
is that LV already had Hxes in existence.

If anyone else committed murder and then died, presumably all soul 
pieces would go "beyond the veil" as a matter of course.  LV's soul 
bits, however, were anchored to earth, so the loose one - the one 
that wasn't "me" to Voldemort - seems to have sought the nearest warm 
body instead.

That's what I figure Herself meant, anyway.  I'm not saying you have 
to like it. ;)

Annemehr