How is it possible that Harry became a Horcrux?

[Song-i]

One of the things I didn't get after reading and rereading Deathly Hallows is how in the world was it possible for Harry to become the last (unintentional) Horcrux.
I mean Voldemort 'died', because he couldn't touch Harry because of Lily's sacrifice, but a part of his soul can live inside Harry?! That doesn't make any sense to me, especially considering how in 'HP &The Order of the Phoenix' Voldemort's soul couldn't stand to be inside Harry for very long, because of all the love and what not....
Does anyone have a theory?

[Dhwani]

Voldemort didn't 'die' when he tried to kill Harry the first time. He already had six hocruxes by then so he couldn't die. But Lily's love acted as shield for harry that kept Voldemort or his spell from touching him.
Also, Voldemort had already decided he would be making a seventh hocrux once he kills Harry. My theory is - to make a hocrux, you have to utter the spell - 'Avada Kedavra', which Voldemort did. As soon as the spell came out of his mouth, his soul split and then it needed a vessel. The second theory is where ever the wand points the soul enters that vessel, whether its a living being or not. Hence, Harry became the seventh hocrux. Voldemort was still alive, but body-less. The soul so tampered and weak wandered in the woods and waiting for someone to passby. That's how it tries to take the body of "Prof. Squirrel". But, Prof. Squirrel being alive himself made it difficult for Voldemort to survive independently. And that's when he tries to kill Ginny Weasley.

[Song-i]

Dhwani wrote: "Voldemort didn't 'die' when he tried to kill Harry the first time. He already had six hocruxes by then so he couldn't die. But Lily's love acted as shield for harry that kept Voldemort or his spell..."
Uhm. Sorry but I don't think you understood my question. I wasn't asking how you become a Horcrux, but how it was possible for Harry specifically to become a Horcrux in that moment. Because he already had Lily's protection after Voldemort killed her and that's why Voldemort 'died' (I know he didn't really but I meant his then physical body). So if he couldn't touch Harry then how come a little part of his soul could (and make the seventh Horcrux) and live for so long inside him?
Because in Book 5 he can't stay in Harry's mind for long even though he does not have the protection anymore...

[Ruby]

Such is the nature of the confusing story element that is the horcrux. I shall try to explain the best I can:

Lily's protection makes it impossible for Voldemort's body/physical self to come close to Harry without great pain and suffering for each party. Exhibit A: 5th one when Voldy tried to possess him, Exhibit B: all the times when Harry's scar hurt because of his proximity to Voldy.

HOWEVER: As Hermione specifically states in Hallows, if she ran Ron through with the Sword of Gryffindor, his soul would be fine. A soul and its body are completely different: pieces of souls die if their bodies are in a state of complete non-repair. AS SUCH: though Voldy cannot come near Harry, his soul is perfectly fine as long as there is something to house it. That house would be Harry himself. Therefore it doesn't matter about the protection from Lily and so on because there was never a question of whether the soul would be able to attach to Harry or not.

TO CONTINUE: In 5, the critical misconception here is that souls possess people. Not true: Voldy's soul never came near Harry- possession is about taking a body as yours- so it's about the body, not the soul. THEREFORE: there was no contradiction in the 5th one because a) souls aren't hurt when they touch Harry- Voldy's physical self is, and b) possession is done through the physical self, which is why Voldy and Harry hurt so much when he tried possessing the kid.

Hope this helps!

[Song-i]

Ruby wrote: "Such is the nature of the confusing story element that is the horcrux. I shall try to explain the best I can:

Lily's protection makes it impossible for Voldemort's body/physical self to come close..."

Oooh right. That does kind of make sense! :D At least more than it did before. ;)
I don't think you could explain it any other way, but it really seems strange to me that we see the soul and that body as completely separate entities... When Voldy possesses Harry's body in 5 the protection doesn't work anymore (since GoF), so the thing that is so painful for Voldy is Harry's love for his friends etc which should originate from his soul...so why would that affect Voldy's physical body and not his soul?(since it's not a protection through sacrifice like Lily's which should per this theory only work on the physical body)
Arrgh. It's really hard to twist one's head around this. :D

[Ruby]

You should take my horcrux quiz...if you're willing to get even more confused.

It didn't affect Voldy's soul because the soul is ONLY affected when whatever is housing it is either:

a) Completely destroyed- fiendfyre, basilisk venom, etc

b) Splitting up its soul to make more horcruxes- Voldy split his soul into pieces by killing.

And Harry's love for his friends and the love he is capable of feeling is what burns Voldy, like Dumbledore said. I think Lily's sacrifice unconsciously taught Harry to love or something wacky like that. And it was that "normal person who is capable of feeling love and caring for others and so forth" that burns Voldy, not just the fact that Harry likes some people.
And that love comes not from the soul, which according to Rowling is more like a thing that lives in you (and may have effects on your personality- EXHIBIT C: Harry is parseltonguey and had potential for Slytherin because he's a horcrux). Here, the soul is not a recipe for a person's self but actually a spice that has effects on the personality of the person. It doesn't create you; it adds to you.

[Song-i]

Ruby wrote: "You should take my horcrux quiz...if you're willing to get even more confused.

It didn't affect Voldy's soul because the soul is ONLY affected when whatever is housing it is either:

a) Completely..."

Ok. I guess I have a really different understanding of what a soul is than Rowling. :D I never read oder heard her talk about this in specific details. Do you happen to have any interview links or sth? (Or maybe I didn't read DH precisely enough..)
And I'd love to take your Horcrux quiz btw :D :D

btw what do you mean by 'it was that "normal person who is capable of feeling love and caring for others and so forth" that burns Voldy'? I mean he possessed other people before right? Is it the degree in which Harry loved others or sth? Cause I don't think the others he possessed were loveless....(i.e.Ginny?) I guess that opens up another can of worms :D: who can voldy possess? (only those emotionally close to him?) And obviously he can do it in Horcrux version AND with a physical body... O.o

[Cheshire Cat [Heidi]~ We're All Mad Here ~]

Because magic, that's why.

[Ruby]

Song-i wrote: "Ruby wrote: "You should take my horcrux quiz...if you're willing to get even more confused.

It didn't affect Voldy's soul because the soul is ONLY affected when whatever is housing it is either:

..."

It's Dumbledore during the end of the 1st, 5th, and 7th books who explains the mechanics of love (and horcruxes) and so on.

What I mean by Voldemort being burned by Harry's ability to love is specific to Harry only, I believe:

Voldemort is tied to Harry- he has been ever since Harry was made a horcrux. Thus parseltongue and Harry getting flashes of Voldy's emotions.
But at the same time, for most of the series Harry's love protection made him impossible for Voldy to get to.
As Dumbledore pretty much explains, the fact that Harry hasn't turned dark or bitter or evil is something of a miracle- that he keeps fighting for the good side shows this. Because of the way Harry and Voldy are bonded, the love protection AND THE INCREASED GOODNESS OF HARRY HIMSELF are what burns Voldy.
Of course Voldy can possess other people who love- it's just that not only does Harry have the love protection but also he himself, in a lot of characters' eyes, is just an awesome caring guy, and this hurts Voldy even more.