Nice try, JKR. But that whole “significant places” argument just ends up looking silly. Here are the places he hid his Horcruxes: an abandonned shack; Lucius Malfoy’s bookshelf; Bellatrix Lestrange’s bank vault; a cave he visited once or twice; a room filled with junk; Bathilda Bagshot’s body.
But the manor and vault represent respectable wizarding society, which he so desperately wanted to be a part of ... oh, wait he WAS part of respectable society, Prefect, Head Boy, Chief Slug, etc., so why he'd give a damn for Gringotts is unclear, especially as it's full of half-breeds.
As for the Secret Keeper, it's mentioned that it involves concealing a secret inside a living soul -- so maybe one secret per soul? But then what secrets were James and Lily keeping?
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Date: 2009-10-22 04:56 pm (UTC)But the manor and vault represent respectable wizarding society, which he so desperately wanted to be a part of ... oh, wait he WAS part of respectable society, Prefect, Head Boy, Chief Slug, etc., so why he'd give a damn for Gringotts is unclear, especially as it's full of half-breeds.
As for the Secret Keeper, it's mentioned that it involves concealing a secret inside a living soul -- so maybe one secret per soul? But then what secrets were James and Lily keeping?