A reflection on Horcruces and Dumbledore

[terri-testing.livejournal.com]

I've argued before that Dumbledore knew from the start that Harry had become Tom's Horcrux.

But, if he were as smart as he thought he were, he should have realized that that fact alone proved that Riddle had others (or some other means of avoiding death when his body was destroyed, and Horcruces do seem to be the only known means).

He deduced that Riddle had planned to manufacture a Horcrux from the baby's death, right? Not either of the parents' deaths.

Therefore, the death that created the soul-fragment that landed in Harry, was Riddle's own from that reflected AK.

If he hadn't already been anchored to life by another Horcrux somewhere, he should have merely died.

So Dumbledore ought to have started looking for another Horcrux in 1981....

Comments

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

He also claims that Harry survived because his mother died to save him. How is he supposed to know that? He wasn't there.

Um - yes. This is exactly why I and at least one other (former) fan (CMWinters) were convinced that Albus was told by someone who was there - namely, young Severus, who risked his life again by leaving the school and trying to warn James and Lily. Too bad we weren't right! Or - maybe we were; there's not a lot in the text that contradicts such a reading.

[majorjune.livejournal.com]

"He also claims that Harry survived because his mother died to save him. How is he supposed to know that? He wasn't there."

Um - yes. This is exactly why I and at least one other (former) fan (CMWinters) were convinced that Albus was told by someone who was there - namely, young Severus, who risked his life again by leaving the school and trying to warn James and Lily. Too bad we weren't right! Or - maybe we were; there's not a lot in the text that contradicts such a reading.

How do we know for sure that Albus wasn't there? He did still have James' Invisibility Cloak, after all.