Help with canon

[wook77]

Ok, so this is what goes through my head as I'm trying to sleep... (yes, Yoda is talking to me)


Wook's canon question(s) of the moment -


Voldemort split his soul into a proposed 7 Horcruxes. Then he was "killed" by Harry.

When he was "killed", does that mean he used one of the Horcruxes so that there were only 6 for Harry and Dumbledore to destroy?

If he didn't, then how did he survive? Shouldn't his soul have been so weakened from being split up like that that he couldn't have survived without using one of his Horcruxes?

If he did, which one did he use?

Am I just being a moron because there's an obvious answer somewhere in the books that I didn't see? Has this been debated a gadzillion times and I just didn't pay attention?

Thoughts? Feelings? Suggestions? Links to previous discussions?

Comments

[eviljade.livejournal.com]

No, they tie the one "living" non-horcrux piece of his soul to the earth. As long as any of those other horcruxes remain whole the one piece that he's actually using does not move on to an afterlife. The others aren't there to be "used" they are strictly there to anchor him to this plane of existence.

The horcruxes can be destroyed (ie the diary and the ring which we know have already been destroyed) and as each one is destroyed the part of the soul it contains is released. I've heard it debated that the released parts of the soul join back up with the original remaining part but it's also possible that they are release into the ether.

In theory, when all of the horcruxes are destroyed only the piece inside Voldemort's current corporeal body will remain. Then, if that body is killed, there will be nothing left to anchor him to this plane and he will be well and truly killed for good.

I think. ;)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

So you're saying they're anchors and not really "soul"s?

I'm thinking the lightbulb is going on...

[eviljade.livejournal.com]

Something like that. They were all parts of the original soul and now act as anchors to this world. The only one he actually uses is the original piece that he kept.

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

*hee* We are totally sharing a brain!