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But you do get to make a horcrux and become immortal.
Comedy aside, well said.
I mean, "paranoid geriatric fascist serial killer performs home invasion in an attempt to murder a baby" describes a JK Rowling character and your choice of IDF or ICE officer equally well.
Man I still don't understand how horcruxs were supposed to work
When it's a good writer writing them and not a transphobic moron, then they make perfect sense.
Um, where else did you get your original definition of a horcrux?
I'm not certain of any specific usages of the word that predate Harry, but the general concept of a spirit vessel that saves mortality is not terribly new nor unique. Generally speaking, a spirit needs to have all connections with a mortal plane severed in order to move on. A spirit vessel like a horcrux is merely a separate attachment to 'this' world that can be separated and protected. Having more than one is also not terribly unique.
If Dipshit Transphobe were anywhere near a good writer, this could've been a big point as to why Voldyboi was an idiot for doing it, because it'd basically be cursing himself to have a near permanent connection to the mortal plane, especially with how scattered he made his crap, making his existence torture on the best of days... like a lich posessing objects, it shouldn't be easy nor kind to the user.
Though since she's an utterly shit writer, it only amounted to, "oh boy, he's hard to permanently kill!".
Right. The vague concept existed before in many different forms. She put hircruxes in her books and made them a thing that people understood. I'm not saying she's a great writer, but she clearly appealed to a lot of people with her writing, and not just kids. Her stories at least had decent morals. I'm not defending any of her anti-trans crap, but her Harry Potter fiction is a separate thing.
Ehhhhh, the morals are a mixed bag beyond what the main characters attempt to exemplify. The world itself is rife with bigotry and BS. Muggles? A slang word for inferior people? Banker goblins that stick to many Jewish stereotypes? Enslaved house elves totally accepted as normal by society? It only gets worse the deeper you go.
Magic.
Or plot.