Honestly, I think JKR's magical theory is a bit wonky here. Maybe you could say that since Voldemort had already fracture his soul, he had weakened the connection between soul and body, so that was what allowed that last bit of soul to detach, float away and chill in Albania, as some sort of self-preservation instinct. But I don't think the exact mechanics or whys and hows are every really addressed.
Another thing that doesn't make sense really is that Harry became a horcrux in the first place. An accidental horcrux, really? I'd think that with magic as dark as that, you'd need intent, or else horcruxes wouldn't be such a mysterious and hidden form of magic. Because I'm sure people AK each other all the time (people are jerks, murder happens) and if you could just create a horcrux on accident like that...well, it seems like there'd be a lot more horcruxes lying about.
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Date: 2013-03-22 07:58 pm (UTC)Another thing that doesn't make sense really is that Harry became a horcrux in the first place. An accidental horcrux, really? I'd think that with magic as dark as that, you'd need intent, or else horcruxes wouldn't be such a mysterious and hidden form of magic. Because I'm sure people AK each other all the time (people are jerks, murder happens) and if you could just create a horcrux on accident like that...well, it seems like there'd be a lot more horcruxes lying about.