HP's last hope for disarming the Horcrux and battle

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 165888

Funkeginger wrote:
> 
> <snip> But just because Bill is a  curse breaker does not mean that
he is trained to handle Voldemort's Horcrux traps like that stuff in
the cave. <snip>
>   
>    You have to take in to account that Eygptians just wanted to keep
people out with their traps, not really kill them or drive them mad
and curse them on told pain before killing them.
> 
>    Voldemort does, and it use a bit of logic. It's better to die a
quick and painful death then, be driven mad by a curse and be caused
so much pain like DD was. I was really surprised Snape that killed him
it was the Poison. 
> 
Carol responds:
I'll get to the post as a whole in a moment, but I don't understand
this last sentence. Can you clarify your intended meaning, please?

Funkeginger:  
> Do you think that Bill just because of his job can handle what DD
could not?
>    I thing you are right in the sense that it is only the order that
can help him from this point. Unless we find out that Snape is not bad
or Sirius and DD really are not dead. 

Carol responds:
Well, we're not going to find out that Dumbledore isn't really dead,
and I'm pretty sure that Sirius Black is, too, given Dumbledore's use
of the word "dead" and the will and all that. (I think Harry will see
them both beyond the Veil, but I've talked about that elsewhere.) And
Snape as a bad guy? Not on my watch. <g>

As for Bill: Poor Bill. Gets attacked by the most savage werewolf in
the WW, loses his looks, and now, IMO, he's probably headed for death
as well.

I do think that his expertise as a curse breaker is in the books for a
reason. It's been mentioned rather frequently since at least PoA (and
we've known that Charlie is working with dragons in Romania since
SS/PS, meaning we'll surely see Charlie in that capacity in DH.)

It seems to me that, once Harry realizes that the locket all of them
saw in 12 GP and none of them could open is the Slytherin locket, he's
going to need help opening it. He'll remember the ring Horcrux and
anticipate a curse, and Ron will remind him that breaking curses is
Bill's job. (Dumbledore, after all, was a powerful and multi-talented
wizard, as well as a genius, but his specialty is Transfiguration, not
DADA. It's possible--I'm not saying probable--that he knows something
DD didn't know.) DD succeeded in destroying the Horcrux, which is the
important thing. What he couldn't do is protect himself from the curse
or heal himself from the curse once it had attacked, which is where
Snape came in. He couldn't save or restore the arm, but he prevented
the curse from killing Dumbledore, much as he prevented the curse on
the opal necklace from killing Katie. (I assume that he also removed
the curse from the necklace, which must be why McGonagall gave it to
him in the first place.)

I can see something similar happening to Bill. He succeeds in getting
the locket Horcrux open and destroying the soul bit, but he's struck
by a curse that he can't cure any more than Dumbledore could. Without
the resident Dark Arts expert/Healer, Snape, there's no way to save
him. Do they trust Snape enough to call him in and ask for his help?
Unlikely, but I'll bet that Snape is mentioned. Bill is sent off to
St. Mungo's, where he either dies or is out of action for the rest of
the book. Three Horcruxes down, three to go. If one of them is Nagini
(whom I predict that Harry will kill with the Sword of Gryffindor),
only two more will need to be found and de-Horcruxed. Harry will
eventually realize that the only person left who can help him is
Snape. Or that's my prediction.

Carol, who is only speculating but does expect either Bill or Charlie
to die in DH, not to mention Redeemed!Snape being indispensable to
Harry once Harry realizes that he's DDM!