In Harry Potter, if Voldemort had made his horcruxes like a grain of sand or a blade of grass, he would have truly been invincible, because there would be no way of knowing what to look for, amirite?

I never really understood, do Horcruxes have to have emotional significance?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

He accidentally made Harry a horcrux without really knowing who he was, so probably not.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The thing I dislike most about Harry Potter is that there's no reliable canon for the magic or any of the specific spells.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The ones he made intentionally though however, we're mostly of value.. For example the ring that was Marvolo Gaunt's once belonged to Salazar Slytherin and he made that in to a horcrux. Same with the lost diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw and the cup of Hufflepuff. I think I read something about Voldemort only wanting to have his soul in magically important items who were originally owned by some of the most powerful witches and wizards. (Just in case you wanted to know)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Is it sad that I actually did? I haven't actually read the main Potter books yet (just the spin-offs), but I plan on starting as soon as beedle the bard's done.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Unless it happened to be in a yard where the people had a basilisk as a pet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I guess Voldemort didn't realize the safest thing for something you never want to be destroyed is the bottom of the ocean.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But if a blade of grass was a horcrux people would mow the lawn and voldemort would die. If he really wanted to be invincible he would've made Waldo a horcrux!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm pretty sure a lawn mower doesn't count as a powerful magical object.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And a blade of grass doesn't die when it gets mowed over. It just starts growing taller again. leggo has obviously never mowed a yard before.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But it doesn't have to be something magical that destroys a horcrux. He destroyed riddles diary with a snakes tooth.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That was a basilisk fang. Basilisks are extremely powerful magical monsters. Their poison kills you in minutes. You obviously didn't read the books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

People need to learn that, if they're going to comment on a HP post, they need to at LEAST know what things are magical and what isn't. Edit: I read the comments under this one and felt like an idiot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, Ive read the first three. I forgot a lot about the second one and since the quality of the second movie is terrible, it wasn't completely clear to me. It would be funny to look at your yard after you mowed it and see one little blade of grass still sticking up.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Learn to reply. But ok, well now you know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Uh, thanks, I guess.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I still think Waldo would make a better horcrux

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even Voldemort can't find Waldo.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The point of a horcrux is for it to be used for ressurection after a death, a grain of sand would get lost in no time

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Still, something as uncommon (and probably easy to track) as a powerful magical artifact from some of the best known wizards in the history of ever would be a stupid choice.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no, it's a good choice. Those objects are sure to be sought after and interacted with over time, which is exactly what Voldemort wants. They need to be close to people so that if he dies, then the horcrux can posses people. If it were a blade of grass, no one would interact with it. It's just like how the diary possessed Ginny. Plus, no one would think to destroy an extremely significant historic object. Rather, the objects would be preserved.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Then he wouldn't even be able to find them. And then there wouldn't really be a movie.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Book*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I meant to say movie. Yes I've read the books also.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Voldemort had magpie-like tendencies. He purposely chose items of great value, because he liked them

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think the point of a horcrux was that it COULD be found, if he didn't need someone to find it he could of resurrected instantly after failing to kill Harry, but he needed help. (Latching on to Quirrell and living on unicorn blood until he could get the stone, using Ginny through the diary)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Make a Nokia phone a horcrux. That shit can't be destroyed

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When I was buying my phone, I heard one of the sales man try and sell a mother one. She said, "I want a phone that won't break if I drop it." And he said, "Get this [Nokia] phone. If I chucked it at the wall, the wall would be hurt. Not the phone."

by Anonymous 13 years ago