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Where in book 5, like what pg. or chapter?

In the American version, it's on page 116, near the bottom. It's mentioned in passing; I've read OoTP about 3 or 4 times now and I've never noticed it until I just went back and re-read the chapter.

Spoilers, maybe....

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Supposedly, R.A.B. is Regulus Black, who was killed by Voldemort for turning away to the good side (hence, the letter being addressed to "the Dark Lord"- it came from a death eater).  The horcrux could therefore be the locket that they couldn't open in Sirius's house in book five.  By that token... there could be more than one horcrux that Regulus found and kept at the Black house...

Yup, I realized that as well. Interesting because didn't Mundungus (or whatever his name is) raid the Black's house?

i can't come to believe the harry is a horcrux theory, that doesn't make sense.
why would voldemort have been trying to kill him all these years? just so he can kill a part of his own soul?
i don't think so.


SPOILERS:

i believe the next book will encompass finding the horcruxes, voldemort's final rise to power (him at his more powerful), the return of dumbledore and sirus, and the some epic battle at the end.

Just finished it on like Tuesday. Spoilers below.


Of course I didn't like the end, but then that's just the prophecy being fulfilled. Although now I'm sure Snape is evil. And Ron getting mobbed by Lavender was pretty funny. I can picture Ron and Harry going to class and her bursting in, tackling Ron, and starting to kiss him.

hrm, what the fuck are you smoking prophecy?

Wrong prophecy, MachChunk1. The Prophecy says there will be a child born as July wanes who will have the power to overthrow the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord will mark him as his enemy, and before the end, one will destroy the other.

It has nothing to do with Dumbledore at all.



It doesn't make sense to me that Snape would just turn, just like that. There's got to be a reason Albus trusted him so much, and they still haven't explained.

I was re-reading a bit, and there are possible subtle clues that Snape isn't acting all heartless. Just before he makes the third promise of the Unbreakable Vow, he twitches as Narcissa asks him to finish what Draco can't do, if Draco can't do it (meaning Snape would have to kill Dumbledore). I would hold to the "Snape is going ALL out in his secret agent role for the goodies" theory. Either that, or he wants to overthrow Voldemort himself. It's quite possible that his occlumency is so good that it can deceive Voldemort's legilimency.

In any case, I wouldn't be surprised if Book 7 ended up being like 1000 pages, since there is just so much that has to happen.

snapes personality does not lend himself to be in the role of the most evil wizard in the world; i don't see it happening.
i also don't see harry not going back to hogwarts, that doesn't make sense.

however, this might be her vehicle for making the seventh book a manageble lenght.

Maybe voldemort realised that by making Harry a horcrux, he'd made the one person who could possibly undo him? I'm guessing he's the first one to use a person as a horcrux, so maybe it just backfired and he's been trying to correct his mistake or something...

I just think that it would be a very elegant way of wrapping up the story, cos it would tie up all the loose-ends of why harry/voldemort are linked...and it would make a very dramatic end.

Just read it. Decent book, one of the better ones i think. I have no idea how they are gonna find the horcruxes and everything, or kill Voldermort. I thought the same as JBruckner, big-ass battle at the end with the unexpected return of sirius and Dumbledore in ghost form or summat like that. I've also noticed how JKay-Rowling (a relative? ) steps up the relationships between Harry and other people throughout the series. In the fourth/fifth book, he was just holding hands with his girl, but in this one he is snogging them and all sorts... I expect the last book to have hardcore, passionate rampant animal sex.

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mantis: if that were true it would not stick to the prophecy.

It has nothing to do with Dumbledore at all.

The prophecy also says, "One cannot live while the other survives." Or something like that.

Of course, I never got to finishing OotP.

The prophecy is talking about Harry/Voldemort, not Dumbledore....Snape.

And I'm convinced that Snape is good still, he killed dumbledore, and now Voldemort can have no doubt that he is trustworthy. I'd imagine in the final book, Snape saves Harrys life at one point or something, as a debt.

Perhaps Snape made an "Unbreakable Vow" at one point to protect Harry. He saved him at the quidditch match first year......

Just theories, its all just theories. We'll find out for sure in about 5 years.

I'd imagine in the final book, Snape saves Harrys life at one point or something, as a debt.

Harry still wouldn't forgive him though.

Snape saved Harry's life before because he basically owed a life debt. Remember that James Potter saved Snape's life after Sirius tricked him into going into the Shrieking Shack so that he'd be attacked by Lupin in werewolf form.

Remember that James Potter saved Snape's life

I probably don't if it's in the fifth book.

I probably don't if it's in the fifth book.

Third.

In other news, who the fuck is David Yates?
Brits, please help.

Snape's turn had me surprised.  But I'm not completely sure he's evil.  There's always that theory that Dumbledore meant to die.

It's so painfully obvious that Snape isn't evil.

Something about the end has been bugging me. Dumbledore was insistent on harry being invisible when they went back to Hogwarts, and then he immobilized him. I get the impression that Dumbledore knows more than he lets on, so he had to know Malfoy was planning to kill him. It just seems too perfect. Something about Snapes brother turning to has me perplexed. One turns, the other stays..things just dont add up.

As for the Harry Horucrux theory, remember in Chamber how Dumbledore tells Harry that Voldermort transfered some of his powers into Harry through the scar, hence why Harry has the Parsletongue talent, and why the sorting hat wanted to place him into Slytherin? I think Mantis is right, Voldemort screwed up and accicedentally placed some of his soul inside Harry. Hence why they are connected. Dumbledore never really said what the other Horucrux was.

As for Voldemort trusting Snape...wasnt Malfoy supposed to fuck up as punishment for his father? The only reason Snape helped is because he was begged too by his mother.

Snape was technically not supposed to be involved..