Innocent question

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> 
wrote:
> No spoilers here, though replies necessarily involve them.
> 
> I was looking again at GOF, and noticed that as Harry relates the 
> adventure in the graveyard to Dumbledore, and mentions that a sample 
> of his blood was required for the rebirthing potion, there is a 
> momentary gleam of triumph in Dumbledore's eye.
> 
> Is there anything in HBP that casts light on what that is about?
> 
> David

NOT SPOILERISH THIS WAY /\
SPOILERISH THIS WAY \/  

LOL

You beat me to it, David, as usual.  The discussion of horserugs made 
me think of the gleam, too.  I had always been of the opinion that the 
gleam indicated Dumbledore's belief that Voldy's rebirth had made him 
mortal once again, hence able to be killed, but the existence of 
horkplugs would indicate that that's not true, or not precisely true, 
anyway.

Dumbledore says in HBP that all the little horcruxettes have to be 
destroyed, and only then can Voldy's body, with its remaining piece of 
Voldysoul, be destroyed.  That seems to destroy my theory, since it 
means that the GOF rebirth didn't make Voldy mortal, it simply gave 
him a coherent body.  Hmmmm.  Maybe only a coherent body, and not a 
little piece of soul, can be killed?  IOW, maybe old Voldy couldn't 
have been killed, even if all the little horklings were destroyed, 
because the remaining piece was a containerless soul, but now that the 
7th piece is back in a container, they can all be destroyed.

I hate the idea that Harry is one of the horclumps, since that seems 
to indicate that Harry will have to be destroyed.  (As someone once 
said, "She wouldn't, would she?)  But maybe the GOF graveyard scene  
indicates that Harry was indeed, Voldy's soul brother, and the use of 
Harry's blood in the rebirth means that the little piece of soul 
contained inside Harry has now been returned to its rightful owner, 
IOW, there's one less horkle than there used to be, and as a result 
Dumbledore is happy and so he gleams.  But why wouldn't he tell that 
to Harry, instead of pointing him towards a wild goose chase for 
Rowena Ravenclaw's relics or Godric Gryffindor's gloves?

--JZC