Yes, I think ‘mind control’ is wrong here. It’s very similar to the One Ring, which occasionally does seem to deliberately slip off someone’s finger etc. but mostly just projects a certain feeling. I never felt the horcrux was plotting against them.
As to Harry the Horcrux, I don’t think accidental Horcruxes are crazy because the magic is implied not to be sophisticated so much as primal and brutal. At a narrative level, it fits very well. He isn’t accidentally casting a Horcrux spell, a Horcrux is accidentally being formed from the combination of a spare bit of soul and a well-suited container.
Yes, I think ‘mind control’ is wrong here. It’s very similar to the One Ring, which occasionally does seem to deliberately slip off someone’s finger etc. but mostly just projects a certain feeling. I never felt the horcrux was plotting against them.
As to Harry the Horcrux, I don’t think accidental Horcruxes are crazy because the magic is implied not to be sophisticated so much as primal and brutal. At a narrative level, it fits very well. He isn’t accidentally casting a Horcrux spell, a Horcrux is accidentally being formed from the combination of a spare bit of soul and a well-suited container.