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Quick question: Do you think there is a significance to WHY Vold. & Harry “coincidentally” have wands that have tail feathers from the same Phoenix, that phoenix is owned by dumbledore? Esp. when the wand chooses it’s “master”? Just curious if anyone ahd thots on that. Or if it means anything more than what has been simply laid out by JK?

On another note I noticed something in the prophecy that I thought was very interesting, but it probably does not have anything to do with anything. “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies…” I thought it was kind of ironic that as far as I remember the books have said that Voldemort split his soul into seven pieces and Harry is born “as the seventh month dies.” I may be wrong, but I really thought this was worth noting.

I just wanted to make a comment about this :

“Greg has made the point that if the horcruxes are such an important part of the Harry Potter Series, why were they only revealed at the end of Book 6? I sort of agree with that. I am hoping that Book 7 isn’t brought down by the minutae of finding and destroying the horcruxes.”

The details of the horcruxes may only have been revealed in HBP but this mystery was essential part of the whole series right from the beginning. (why voldemort survived the AK, Riddle’s diary and so on)

Something about JKR’s writing which I love is that you have to keep re-reading the books to find the important information she put in there, which you only realised later. (for example, I believe all the remaining horcruxes will have been mentioned in the earlier books. We’ll just have to be crazy until book seven trying to find them!)

I think the horcruxes will be a large part of book seven, although there are only a few left to find so there will be plenty of time for your interesting theories to be fulfilled!

Angie- all this horcrux counting is going to make me go mad. While I agree that 2 horcruxes to find makes the task much more attainable, I think we all really need to find out exactly what happened the night of Lily and James’ deaths before we can properly speculate. No one seems to really be clear about what happened to Voldemort that night and whether he actually “died” that night requiring a horcrux to be used to keep him alive (or revive him- whichever). I do agree with you (and Harry I guess) though that 1/7 of Voldemort’s sould continues to be in his body and that will be the final piece Harry has to destroy.

As far as Harry being the “heir of Gryffindor” theory goes. In the back of my mind, I believe JKR has spoken about not wanting to pursue that angle. I think she used up all of the “heirs of the founders” in Chamber of Secrets and doesn’t want to go there any more than in that book. If anyone could find that interview, I’d be grateful.

It would seem that Raffy agrees with you on the Helga Hufflepuff thing and that the theory he read TOTALLY supports my theory that the cup is in the trophy room. Nice one, me.

Laura- I agree with you that horcruxes aren’t just “used up” automatically when Voldemort is killed. Mugglecast actually had a discussion about that this week and they made a good point that if this were the case then Harry would just need to kill Voldemort 7 times and then all the horcruxes would be used up and he would be dead. Not likely.

Ben- good question. I honestly don’t know. I think it would (obviously) be the most difficult decision Harry would ever have to make and would not be taken lightly be him or the people around him. I believe (and hope) that the smarts of Hermione and the strategies of Ron would come into play here to figure a way out of this one (perhaps Harry would only have to destroy a portion of himself- or his physical body to make it work? I don’t know).

Yamil- keep us posted after you finish re-re-re-reading book 6.

Anonymous – I actually sort of agree with you. I have been hesitant to discuss the horcruxes first because it is an overwhelming topic but second because it isn’t too interesting. But alas, it was a necessary evil. Greg has made the point that if the horcruxes are such an important part of the Harry Potter Series, why were they only revealed at the end of Book 6? I sort of agree with that. I am hoping that Book 7 isn’t brought down by the minutae of finding and destroying the horcruxes.

Yvaine- I hear what you are saying about the invisibility cloak but something inside of me is still holding on to the logic behind my theory (and apart from Harry or one of his friends, I think that an object from his parents would be one of the most difficult things to destroy.)

Joye Beth- I am not sure I remember you posting that on the myspace page. Thanks though. As far as the Zacharias/Hepzibah Smith thing, I have heard and read and thought about some theories about this and I think this might be a case of “Mark Evans” Syndrome. If you need clarification, let me know. I do think that fanfiction can provide some of great commentary/theories out there though!

Leslie- thanks for the clarification on the invisibility cloaks.

Raffy- I sort of replied to you in Angie’s part. Basically I think you agree with me. Nicely done. (feel free to refute that- I am only being flippant because I know you personally).

Here is my final thought for all of you to ponder and comment on. We don’t know exactly how to destroy a horcrux, do we? Did we ever find out how Dumbledore’s arm got injured? Do you think you have to (or can) perform an AK (that is an Avada Kedavra for all you non-HP jargon peeps) to destroy a horcrux?!?

The deduction is based on the fact that when Dumbledore recites the list of Riddle’s numerous accomplishments at Hogwarts, he leaves out that award. And that award was mentionned specifically when Ron vomited slugs all over it in Book 2 (?). It would also explain Riddle’s otherwise purposeless visit to Hogwarts to request a job he knew he wouldn’t get.