The Ax

[Talisman]

There once was a man named Ward,
Who said, "Do I care if they're bored?
Let them beg as they may,
They'll type Space--or pay,
It's so good to be the Dark Lord!"
Bwahahahahaha
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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at t...> 
wrote:
<snip>
>If LV intention was to make a Horthingy of Harry, it's a nice 
>backfire. He didn't get the baby but gave him the power to destroy 
>LV stored parts without paying the price others do. That's a power 
>the Dark Lord knows not...
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>Not that I have canon to support it, but I doubt I had canon to 
>defend (notjust speculate) the existence of Horx before HBP, I'm 
>just retelling a story device that can be used here.

Talisman:

Thanks for throwing me a lifeline, Silmariel.  

We know Rowling draws freely from many stories.  Prior to HBP's 
release (can't recall where) someone suggested the theory of the 
separately stored soul, noting an old folktale (Chinese?) where an 
evil wizard hid his soul in an egg that had to be found and smashed 
before he could be killed. (Which I actually think I've read, but 
had forgotten.)

 If you know of  stories where having a soul dab gives extra rights 
with regard to the rest, that increases the likelihood that Rowling 
is using this idea.

Heck, even without it being an established device, it sounds good.  

My only lingering concern would be, why not just have Harry destroy 
them all?  He could be the official Hx whacker, rather than make 
anyone else die to do it.

But, Rowling can make as many magical rules as she likes, so there 
may be "some reason."

With that thought, I'll just wrap up The Chain in some plastic wrap, 
and put it in the frig; instead of flushing it down the toilet. : )

Talisman, musing: hmmmm, even in this scenario, it's become Harry's 
job to get the Hxes, so Snape can be safe, for awhile. (Tucks black 
arm bands back into embroidery basket.)