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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greatwyrm" data-source="post: 2424317" data-attributes="member: 479">I like the idea of Harry being the last horcrux and I think there's reasonable evidence to support it.  At various earlier times, Dumbledore discusses Harry's scar, ability to speak Parseltoung, and see Voledmort's thoughts.  The recurring explanation is that when he attacked Harry's parents, he left a portion of himself in Harry.  Dumbledore also believed the snake Nagini was a horcrux, saying it would be dangerous, but possible, to make a living creature into one.I think Dumbledore wasn't pleading for his life, but asking Snape to kill him to both protect Snape's undercover position and to give Draco a chance at redemption.  As rotten as Draco is, he was being blackmailed into the whole thing, through threats to his parents.I like Harry's slow descent into the Dark Side, similar to Luke Skywalker in some of the fiction after RotJ.  Hary is becoming more and more comfortable with using the Dark Arts.  Sure, it's when the chips are down in a big fight, but he repeatedly tries Snape's slashing spell and Crucio against Snape.I do think Snape was trying to tip off Harry about what he needed to be able to do to defeat Voldemort.  Harry may have a lot of raw power, but you can't inherit experience.  Snape could have dropped Harry at any moment and isn't in the habit of doing anything out of the goodness of his heart.  Instead, he comes right out and tells Harry what he needs to learn.I think I actually could buy Snape's remorse.  Maybe he always had a thing for Lily?  In Snape's memory, she was the one who told off James for dangling Snape upside down.  They could have both had a gift for potions.  For all his hatred for James and his crew, we really never hear Snape trash Lily or really even talk about her at all.  The knowledge that what he told Voldemort led to Lily's death could have been too much for Snape.Idle speculation for book 7:--Harry sets off on a vigilante quest.  The Ministry, who he's already told off, think he's trying to help Voledmort and come after him, probably led by Percy Weasly.--Absolutely everything hits the fan at the Dursley residence after Harry turns 17.  One or more Dursleys held hostage or killed.--Neville, despite himself, grows into being a real bad motha (shut yo' mouth) (just, talkin' 'bout Neville).--Grawp will meet a very unpleasant end, trying to protect Hagrid from another giant.--Dumbledore will not be out of the picture, literally.  He'll show up regularly in various portraits, offering his opinions, just as other former headmasters do.--No matter what evidence of Snape's true nature surfaces, Harry will kill him.</blockquote>

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