Another possible Flint

[pegkerr]

Here's a darn good question that choralgirl asked me about book 7, harking back to something that happened in the Chamber of Secrets in book 2:

If basilisk venom kills horcruxes, why didn't the venom from the basilisk fang that grazed Harry in book 2 kill the horcrux of Voldemort's soul that was in his scar? Was it just that the Phoenix tears that healed Harry neutralized the venom before it had the chance to kill the horcrux?

Comments

[ascian.livejournal.com]

I agree with the supposition that Harry would have to die to destroy the horcrux. If it were anything but inextricable from Harry's own fate, Dumbledore wouldn't have asked him to make the sacrifice he did. He would've sent him to St. Mungo's for a carefully-administered basilisk venom shot. :)

And forgive a fan who lives outside of the fan community, but... Flint?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It's a term that means a mistake in Rowling's universe. It was taken from the character Marcus Flint in the first book, a member of the Slytherin Quidditch team who was said to be a seventh year, but then appeared in subsequent books as a student, too. When Rowling was asked about the discrepancy, she said that Marcus Flint was so stupid that he had to repeat his 7th year.