[HPforGrownups] Re: The Sword of Gryffindor

[Heather Rivera]

No: HPFGUIDX 182610

Mike:
<snip> And if DD suspected Harry!Crux, he would also know that Basilisk venom would destroy a 
Horcrux. <snip>

tubazrcool responds:

Question (might have already been answered): If Basilisk venom destroys Horcruxes, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the Horcrux inside Harry have been destroyed when the Basilisk fang penetrated his arm? He was awfully near death when Fawkes wept. Maybe DD had a suspicion about this and that's why he sent Fawkes and the Hat. That way if Harry was attacked, Fawkes would be able cure him and carry the persons in the CoS back up through the pipes (how else would they get back?). Ginny never went into the Chamber, the Basilisk just slithered up and down the pipes on its own. All this brings me to another point: If JKR knew that the Basilisk venom destroyed the Horcruxes, but allowed Harry to be wounded by a Basilisk via fang (=venom) and so destroy the one inside him, how far along had she thought about the Horcrux being the reason for Harry's connection and not just the scar?

tubazrcool, wondering whether JKR had fully thought out this scenario