The Nature & Destruction of Horcruxes ( was:... the Forest scene )

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191199



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
 
Steve:
> 
> The Diary might have been singed and soggy, but it was still a book, not a pile of ashes. The Cup was still a cup, though likely bent. And I believe that 'mangled' is an overly dramatic word, in this case, for bend or misshapen. 
 
> The Diadem is unique as it is the only thing we see destroyed by Fiend Fire. Yes, it broke apart, but it didn't turn to dust. In this case, I will give you that it wasn't 'damaged but generally intact'. But neither was it completely and utterly destroyed. 

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> "Mangled" doesn't necessarily mean that the Cup was crumpled up like an old piece of paper. It means it was damage to some degree, we can only infer that degree of damage. I contend, in my opinion, that it was certainly 'damaged, but generally intact'. 
> 
> "Burnt and soggy" means damaged, but clearly not destroyed.
> 
> The Locket is referred to as "Shattered", but do we really know that it was reduced to a handful of metal fragments? That is not the sense I get when Ron shows it to Hermione later in the story. It seems to be 'damaged but generally intact'. 
> 
> But then ... that's just my opinion.

Geoff:
But I still maintain that, if I might use a UK legal term that is used in 
disputes over goods etc., these items are "not fit for purpose". The diary 
and the cup and the other item are basically unusable.

But again, that's just my two pennyworth.