Neither Harry nor his Scar is a Horcrux (Was Re: Voldemort's Age)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 170321

Bart wrote:
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> As far as how many horcruxes Morty has left, well, the ring and
diary are destroyed. There is the locket, which may or may not have
destroyed. And, let's not forget, there's whatever horcrux that
contained the piece of his soul now residing in his body. That's 2
destroyed, one maybe destroyed, and one used up. That leaves three
more. Assuming that JKR can count, which is NOT a good assumption...


Carol responds:

I agree that assuming JKR can count is not necessarily a valid
assumption. :-) But I don't understand your reasoning here. What do
you mean by "whatever Horcrux contained the piec of his soul now
residing in his body"? That was the main soul piece, the one that
retained his personality when he was Vaporized, "less than the meanest
ghost." It was never a soul bit. It's the part of him that the
Horcruxes anchor to the earth. I also see no evidence that a Horcrux
is "used up" when Voldies' body is destroyed. Even one remaining
Horcrux would be sufficient to anchor it to the earth (keep it from
going beyond the Veil, IOW, prevent him from dying even though his
body is destroyed).

So, by my count (assuming that Harry isn't a Horcrux), we have two
destroyed (the ring and the diary), one stolen but probably still
intact (the unopenable locket), one known but unlocated (the cup), one
unidentified and unlocated ("something from Ravenclaw or Gryffindor),
and one possibly misidentified but easily located if it a real Horcrux
(Nagini). So my count is the same as Harry's: two done and four to go.
Neither Harry nor Dumbledore seems to think that a Horcrux has been
"used up."

Carol, who really hopes that Harry's count is correct since the
Horcruxes are (for me!) the least interesting element of the plot of
DH and should be dispensed with as quickly as possible