Dumbledore

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 90


On one hand, I get a very uneasy feeling when I realize that Dumbledore has
come close to losing Harry several times due to situations in which it is
obvious to us (the readers) that he should not have missed.  Harry was
nearly killed in SS after Dumbledore was called away to London.  It was
Harry who rescued Ginny from the CoS, and nearly died again, while
Dumbledore was sitting in McGonagall's office comforting the Weasleys. And
besides, no one had noticed Ginny's troubled behavior during the school
year -- surely McGonagall, as her Housemaster/mistress, should have been
paying closer attention.  Harry's life was in jeopardy from the Dementors,
and possibly Sirius and Lupin (for all Prof D knew), in PoA.  And in GoF,
Dumbledore failed to notice that his old friend Moody was not quite the
thing, again nearly costing Harry his life twice in one night.

But it would be a mistake for Dumbledore to over-protect Harry.  I think he
is letting Harry go through certain things, certain ordeals, in order to
strengthen him.  It's amazing how often this pre-teen/teenage boy can
survive things that would eliminate most of the adults around him.  I guess
that is the nature of this story of fiction -- the kids always outsmart and
outperform the adults.

I wonder if there is an explanation as to why a person can PORTKEY into
Hogwarts and out of Hogwarts, when Apparating is impossible.  Surely that
would mean there is a major basic flaw in the defenses around the school.
What's to stop Lord V or the Death Eaters from Portkeying themselves to
Harry's bedside in the middle of the night and killing him in his sleep?

Are we all too obsessed?  (Yeah, but who cares....)