Don’t the books say at some point, or didn’t Rowling say at some point, that Voldemort was trying to create his final horcrux with the murder of Harry Potter? She didn’t mention it at the time most crucial for our understanding, as is her habit, but I could swear I read that somewhere authoritative.
So he was trying to make a Horcrux elsewhere and had therefore created a Horcrux-open environment in some odd way?
This would have been better if there was a clearly suited Horcrux-vessel found at Godric’s Hollow, so when they found it, knew that he’d set out to make a Horcrux at that time, couldn’t find one...
This would have been better if there was a clearly suited Horcrux-vessel found at Godric’s Hollow
The fact that this wasn’t the case is one of the reasons I think it’s not actually true. The only indication we have of it is Dumbledore’s speculation based on a false premise.
Sure there was: his wand. You know, the symbol that he actually was special, that raised him from that hell that was the orphanage. If you think that’s not significant to him, then you need to take another look at the diary.
I suppose it could have been something else, that was destroyed in the explosion.
DavidAgain, I think that he was interrupted in the process of making the Horcrux. As in, he did the entire Horcrux ritual, whatever it may be, and when it came time to kill the sacrifice, he fired the Killing Curse at Harry...who clearly reflected it backwards, killing Voldemort. Voldemort became his own sacrifice. Then the ritual finishes, except that without the guiding hand of the caster, the soul fragment “latched itself onto the only living soul left,” Harry.
Don’t the books say at some point, or didn’t Rowling say at some point, that Voldemort was trying to create his final horcrux with the murder of Harry Potter? She didn’t mention it at the time most crucial for our understanding, as is her habit, but I could swear I read that somewhere authoritative.
Sort of.
So he was trying to make a Horcrux elsewhere and had therefore created a Horcrux-open environment in some odd way?
This would have been better if there was a clearly suited Horcrux-vessel found at Godric’s Hollow, so when they found it, knew that he’d set out to make a Horcrux at that time, couldn’t find one...
It would have flagged it up.
The fact that this wasn’t the case is one of the reasons I think it’s not actually true. The only indication we have of it is Dumbledore’s speculation based on a false premise.
Sure there was: his wand. You know, the symbol that he actually was special, that raised him from that hell that was the orphanage. If you think that’s not significant to him, then you need to take another look at the diary.
I suppose it could have been something else, that was destroyed in the explosion.
DavidAgain, I think that he was interrupted in the process of making the Horcrux. As in, he did the entire Horcrux ritual, whatever it may be, and when it came time to kill the sacrifice, he fired the Killing Curse at Harry...who clearly reflected it backwards, killing Voldemort. Voldemort became his own sacrifice. Then the ritual finishes, except that without the guiding hand of the caster, the soul fragment “latched itself onto the only living soul left,” Harry.
Why have two posts seemed to have disappeared from this discussion?