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Post by Lu on Sept 3, 2007 11:32:48 GMT -5
Okay, so we all know Harry was a Horcrux and that Horcruxes can be destroyed by Basilisk fangs. But in the 'Chamber of Secrets' didn't Harry get bitten by the Basilisk when he was down in the chamber? If so then wouldn't the Horcrux inside of Harry been destroyed then? What do you think?
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Post by *Maggile* on Sept 3, 2007 12:23:14 GMT -5
yeah you are right =).. i never noticed that... but maybe because the phonix healed him he wasn´t "destroyed"... you know what i mean?.. harry didn´t die.. i get healed befor..
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Post by Lu on Sept 3, 2007 12:25:44 GMT -5
Yeah, that's what I thought But then wouldn't it have been destroyed straight away as soon has he got bitten? Or do you reckon that the venom would have taken a while to fully effect Harry thus destroying the Horcrux?
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Post by Valerie ☆ on Sept 3, 2007 12:51:22 GMT -5
oooohhh.... *pulls out CoS book*
ok. it says here on page 321 in the american paperback cover that once the basilisk bit him, fawkes fly by and he used his tears to cure him and then he destroyed the horcrux. Its very different from the film.
venom takes a while to get a full effect so Harry's Horcrux was about to die out but Fawkes came just in time to cure him.
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Post by Lu on Sept 3, 2007 13:13:20 GMT -5
Ahhh okay, I guess both of you make sense ;D
I wonder what would've happened if he had actually died then... Would he have gone to that limbo place like in the seventh?
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Post by Valerie ☆ on Sept 3, 2007 13:58:15 GMT -5
lol probably not. if Harry (the horcrux part) had been destroyed in CoS, I think the whole storyline could have changed because... he wouldn't survive.
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Post by Lu on Sept 4, 2007 6:52:37 GMT -5
Fair enough Well, thankyou to both of you for helping me to clear that up, been wondering over that for a while. ;D
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Post by larrabee on Sept 5, 2007 13:00:23 GMT -5
Okay, so we all know Harry was a Horcrux and that Horcruxes can be destroyed by Basilisk fangs. But in the 'Chamber of Secrets' didn't Harry get bitten by the Basilisk when he was down in the chamber? If so then wouldn't the Horcrux inside of Harry been destroyed then? What do you think? I think that the reason the Horcrux within Harry wasn't destroyed because he had to die willingly. Dumbledore makes it a point to have Snape tell Harry about the plan & the prophecy. The memories Snape shows to Harry only show what Dumbledore wanted Snape to tell Harry. I mean notice all the information Dumbledore left out, so that Snape couldn't relay the information Harry and, sort of, jade his decision (he didn't go on about life and death like he did at King's Cross after Voldemort killed Harry's Horcrux because it had to be a willing sacrifice). All knowing that he had to die so others could live but not knowing that it would be Voldemort's soul that died not Harry's own. Just the mere fact that he had to die so Voldemort could be destroyed - that sacrifice, that burden would render Harry worthy of life and would prove his goodness. And the greatest most important difference of all was love; Harry loved Ron, Hermione, The Weasleys, his friends, the Order, etc., enough to know that if he willingly died at the wand of Voldemort and not expect anything but death in return for his life - then they could be free of the Dark Lord and the dark magic. Sort of, like in The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion willingly takes the place of the traitor, sacrificing himself to save another and dies after committing no crime, renders the Lion worthy of life and after the sunrise his sacrifice and goodness would be repaid with life.
In the Bible, Abraham is willing to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, in order to please and obey God and in return for his faith and devotion God spared Isaac's life by providing a ram for the ritual sacrifice.
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Post by lunalongbottom on Nov 17, 2007 9:03:43 GMT -5
Yeah it's all about sacrifices for the ones you love.
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Post by linus on Nov 30, 2007 11:16:45 GMT -5
Dumbledore tells Snape that it was imortant that Voldemort himself must "kill" harry, as in he himself must put the killing curse on Harry for the part of his soul to be destroyed. so, it got destroyed when Voldemort used the killing curse in the forbidden forest. that's probably why the basillisk fang might have not done anything to the Horcrux, but would have def killed Harry. when Voldemort did it, due to the fact that he took harry's blood protection, only the part of his soul died while Harry's soul remained intact.
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