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Cadaverous Pallor · 08-01-2007, 07:53 AM

I don't know if a "mistake horcrux" works any differently than a puposeful one. The fact that he was bitten by a basilisk kinda blows it, unless it's the scar itself that needs to be bitten...

Moonliner · 08-01-2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I don't know if a "mistake horcrux" works any differently than a puposeful one. The fact that he was bitten by a basilisk kinda blows it, unless it's the scar itself that needs to be bitten...

I suppose you could argue that Harry would have to die in order to destroy the horcrux but since the phoenix healed Harry the Horcrux was also healed.

katiesue · 08-01-2007, 09:07 AM

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I suppose you could argue that Harry would have to die in order to destroy the horcrux but since the phoenix healed Harry the Horcrux was also healed.

That's what I was thinking. That since Harry lived so did the horcrux.

Alex · 08-01-2007, 09:11 AM

Magic works the way it needs to work at the moment it is used. Just go with that and all issues fade away.

It is the Star Trek equivalent of "for everything that needs detection, there is a particle" or "for every anomalous region of space there is a poorly conceived justification for entering it."

innerSpaceman · 08-01-2007, 10:01 AM

Kids Lit though it may be, I find I want a more well-constructed and motivated universe created for a series of novels than I do for a series of television shows.

Alex · 08-01-2007, 10:13 AM

Sure, I'd want the same, but unless the whole series is written all at once before release it won't happen, at least not perfectly.

At some point the writer just has to decide (sometimes consciously, sometimes not even aware of it because they'll never be so into the picayune as the fans) to sacrifice perfect continuity over the entire series to the demands of the story at the point in the story.

I have no idea if the issues raised here are big and obvious or small and picayune but I long ago gave up on putting too much concern into anything like perfect continuity unless the entire story is released all at once. And it isn't even a "kid's lit" allowance but any series.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-01-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Magic works the way it needs to work at the moment it is used. Just go with that and all issues fade away.

It is the Star Trek equivalent of "for everything that needs detection, there is a particle" or "for every anomalous region of space there is a poorly conceived justification for entering it."

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Kids Lit though it may be, I find I want a more well-constructed and motivated universe created for a series of novels than I do for a series of television shows.

Actually, I find the phoenix explanation to be rock solid. It's very clearly stated that the Horcrux's host must be completely destroyed in order to kill the horcruxiness. Phoenix tears are always a full cure-all, as long as it's "in time", which it was, apparently.

Matterhorn Fan · 08-01-2007, 12:24 PM

I love the word "horcruxiness."

That is all.

Morrigoon · 08-01-2007, 01:59 PM

I agree with CP - Harry was "dying" not "dead".

wendybeth · 08-01-2007, 09:31 PM

I think Rowling's wizarding world is wonderfully well-constructed.

Say that three times fast.

08-01-2007, 07:53 AM	#1
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08-01-2007, 09:11 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Magic works the way it needs to work at the moment it is used. Just go with that and all issues fade away. It is the Star Trek equivalent of "for everything that needs detection, there is a particle" or "for every anomalous region of space there is a poorly conceived justification for entering it."
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08-01-2007, 10:01 AM	#5
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Kids Lit though it may be, I find I want a more well-constructed and motivated universe created for a series of novels than I do for a series of television shows.
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08-01-2007, 10:13 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Sure, I'd want the same, but unless the whole series is written all at once before release it won't happen, at least not perfectly. At some point the writer just has to decide (sometimes consciously, sometimes not even aware of it because they'll never be so into the picayune as the fans) to sacrifice perfect continuity over the entire series to the demands of the story at the point in the story. I have no idea if the issues raised here are big and obvious or small and picayune but I long ago gave up on putting too much concern into anything like perfect continuity unless the entire story is released all at once. And it isn't even a "kid's lit" allowance but any series.
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08-01-2007, 12:24 PM	#8
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I love the word "horcruxiness." That is all.
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08-01-2007, 01:59 PM	#9
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I agree with CP - Harry was "dying" not "dead". __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I think Rowling's wizarding world is wonderfully well-constructed. Say that three times fast. __________________
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