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diff --git a/literature/on_technology_horcrux.rst b/literature/on_technology_horcrux.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee5c71c --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/on_technology_horcrux.rst @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +On Technology of Horcrux creation +################################# + +:date: 2022-01-09T08:50:43 +:category: literature +:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment + +(my comments on “`Diary Horcrux Murder`_” by berkeleyjake) + +It may be possible that the result of the ritual sacrifice can be +somehow stored and the ritual creating Horcrux can be done later. + +What’s more important is this: + + “Well, you *split your soul*, you see,” said Slughorn, “and + *hide part of it* in an object outside the body. (HBP, chapter + 23) + +and + + “By an act of evil — the supreme act of evil. By committing + murder. Killing rips the soul apart. The wizard intent upon + creating a Horcrux would use the damage to his advantage: He + would *encase the torn portion* —” + + “Encase? But how — ?” + + “There is a spell, do not ask me, I don’t know!” said + Slughorn, shaking his head like an old elephant bothered by + mosquitoes. “Do I look as though I have tried it — do I look + like a killer?” (still Slughorn in the same chapter) + +and + + […] what would happen to the wizard so determined to evade + death that he would be prepared to murder many times, rip his + soul repeatedly, so as *to store it in many, separately + concealed Horcruxes*. (Dumbledore in the same chapter) + +and + + “No,” said Ron, before Harry could answer. “So does it say how + to destroy Horcruxes in that book?” + + “Yes,” said Hermione, now turning the fragile pages as if + examining rotting entrails, “because it warns Dark wizards how + strong *they have to make the enchantments on them.* From all + that I’ve read, what Harry did to Riddle’s diary was one of + the few really foolproof ways of destroying a Horcrux.” (DH, + chapter 6) + +What I am saying is that Horcrux must be LATER created from +a part of soul separated by a murder (or ritual sacrifice) +BEFORE. Which means that first must be murder and then there is +Horcrux-creating ritual (“a spell” as Slughorn said), and then +perhaps even later there is some more magic to “make the +enchantments on them” to protect the Horcrux from destruction. + +Conclusion is obvious. It was not possible for Voldemort to +create a real Horcrux and even less it was possible for him to +make those protective enchantments on it when he was killed just +after the act of murder which was supposed to rip a part of his +soul by murdering Harry. Therefore, whatever was in the Harry’s +scar was not a full-fledged Horcrux and certainly it lacked those +protective enchantments (if there are any). + +---- + +There is a flaw in my argument (I still stand behind Harry’s scar +not being a full-fledged Horcrux, although we don’t know whether +it still couldn’t somehow help Tom Riddle to stand back from +death). What’s the deciding point in time is actually a murder +not creation of a Horcrux. If Tom Riddle ripped part of his soul +by killing Myrtle Warren, then it would remember only things +which happened before her death. + +How much alive is the part of the soul in the Horcrux? And does +it have any means of perception? I don’t think so. So, even if it +was still alive and it still had some self-consciousness (and +that’s truly disgusting), it couldn’t learn about things which +happened after Myrtle’s death, which Ginny didn’t know about. + +Actually, there is a flaw even in this contra-argument. If the +diary was made into a horcrux, it is probable that at least for +the rest of his Hogwarts years (and possibly for a long time +afterwards) Tom Riddle was carrying the thing around and perhaps +even writing into it. So, his memories of post-Myrtle-death +events could there that way. Umph, I am glad to have this solved. + +So, yes, a horcrux is a living thing, which can still learn +things. Ewww. + + +.. _`Diary Horcrux Murder`: + https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/rzly4u/diary_horcrux_murder/ |