The Last Horcrux

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Pippin wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/4504>:

<< 5. Harry will miscalculate the number of horcruxes, returning
Voldemort to vapor form instead of killing him. Harry will then be
ambushed by the traitor (see above "2. There is a traitor in the
Order. It's Lupin. Get over it. :)") as he attempts to destroy the one
remaining hx. Harry will vanquish the traitor after giving him one
final chance to return to the good side. Voldemort's vapor form will
be trapped for good with the help of someone Harry doesn't expect. >>

Once Voldemort has been returned to vapor form, what is
traitor!Lupin's motive for preventing destruction of the last
Horcrux/Voldemort? It seems to me that once Harry has destroyed the
last Horcrux, then Vapormort really dies, then Voldie cannot do
anything to control ESE!Lupin and neither Voldie nor anyone else (DEs
pretending once again to have been on the good side all along) will
reveal ESE!Lupin's previous misdeeds. And IIRC part of the theory is
he keeps committing more crimes to conceal his previous crimes. So
ESE!Lupin should welcome the opportunity to retire from crime provided
by elimination of Voldie.

And it's not like Vapormort is in a position to give advantages or
rewards to anyone.

Fran wrote in <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/450>:

<< Maybe this has been brought up before but if Harry is a horcrux, why
would Voldie want to kill him? >>

Maybe the Horcrux is Harry's skull, rather than Harry. So Voldie just
has to kill Harry in a way tbat doesn't damage the skull.

<< Would killing Harry destroy the Horcrux? Could the final scene be
Harry realising himself to be a horcrux and commits suicide? >>

This has previously been suggested as a dramatic heroic tragic
pathetic ending, but I just realized that it could be an ironic
disgusting ending, when Harry dies in a way that doesn't damage his
skull, resulting in Voldemort's exultant triumphant acquisition of
Harry's skull, which he hides in an even safer place.

<< What happens when a piece of your soul (as in a horcrux) is
detroyed? Do you have chest pain or headache? >>

So far it appears that Voldemort doesn't notice when his Horcruxes are
destroyed.