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Comment author: anotherblackhat 20 April 2012 06:30:08PM *  2 points [-]

It certainly looks like Harry is a horcrux in this universe, and Harry already thought of that possibility in different terms, yet the Sorting Hat says with 100% confidence that there is no extra "mind, intelligence, memory, personality, or feelings" in Harry's head.

I would add that in Cannon, Harry is a horcrux, which adds a fair amount of weight to the idea.

Some possibilities for why the hat would make the statement;

  • Harry's scar isn't a horcrux.
  • A horcrux is nothing like a ghost, mind, intelligence, memory, personality, or feelings.
  • The sorting hat was wrong, or lying.
  • Something about Harry-the-horcrux prevents detection by sorting hats. For example, it can't be active (and therefore the hat can't detect it) unless Harry is in dark side mode.
  • Something about Volemort's horcrux is different than the hat expects. For example, an occlumens can hide from detection.

While I like the idea that the horcrux is only active when Harry is in dark-side mode, I can't see any reason to favor that theory.

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