--- description: But she probably wouldn't have one title: This Is What J.K. Rowling's Horcrux Would Be image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30e90e4f387ec92/69885e5c8e0601025f461c1a/gettyimages-469064820.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling Would Never Have a Horcrux But If She Did Here's What It Would Be  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 7, 2015 6:46 PM CUT  J.K. Rowling illuminates the Empire State Building to mark the USA launch of her non-profit children's organization, Lumos, on April 9, 2015 in New York City. (Nomi Ellenson--FilmMagic) J.K. Rowling illuminates the Empire State Building to mark the USA launch of her non-profit children's organization, Lumos, on April 9, 2015 in New York City. (Nomi Ellenson--FilmMagic)Nomi Ellenson—FilmMagic  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 7, 2015 6:46 PM CUT Looks like J.K. Rowling isn’t taking steps toward immortality. When a fan asked the _Harry Potter_ author what her Horcrux would be—referring to an object that’s been enchanted by a dark wizard to contain a piece of his or her soul, so the wizard can become immortal—Rowling responded on Twitter that she would never have anything as “evil” or “despicable” as a Horcrux. But if she did, Rowling added, it would be a teabag. Horcruxes were a focus in the final books of the _Harry Potter_ series, in which Harry had to find and ruin all of Voldemort’s Horcruxes in order to kill him. It is super dark magic, which is why Rowling would (almost) never consider having one. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/629678732127666176) That tweet was part of a longer series of tweets about tea, and the importance of proper tea consumption, which you can read [here. ](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3989244/jk-rowling-horcrux/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3989244/jk-rowling-horcrux/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Would Never Have a Horcrux But If She Did Here's What It Would Be","datePublished":"2015-08-07T18:46:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:00:39.743Z","description":"She has a lot of thoughts on tea","url":"https://time.com/3989244/jk-rowling-horcrux/","keywords":["Books","Harry Potter","JK Rowling","tea"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30e90e4f387ec92/69885e5c8e0601025f461c1a/gettyimages-469064820.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30e90e4f387ec92/69885e5c8e0601025f461c1a/gettyimages-469064820.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Author J.K. Rowling Visits The Empire State Building","caption":"Author J.K. Rowling Visits The Empire State Building","creditText":"Nomi Ellenson—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3989244/jk-rowling-horcrux/","name":"J.K. Rowling Would Never Have a Horcrux But If She Did Here's What It Would Be"}}]}] ```