[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's secret-keeper/Dumble-gleam

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 31227

Lauryn Wrote:
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> Anyway, did the Fidelius Charm apply to just the physical bodies 
> James and Lily Potter, or did it apply to their house too? Because if > it was the former, it would be rather perculiar for the Potter's 
> friends to not find them (Potters) all of a sudden, but then again, 
> if it was the latter, that would probably meant that the Potters 
> would have to stay in their house indefinitely until Voldemort got 
> off their backs (quite a feat since I doubt there was any sign of the > end of Voldemort then).
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It can't make the house invisible because when we are told about Fidelius, we are also told that LV wouldn't be able to find the Potter's "even if he had his nose pressed against their sitting room window". That would imply the house is still there and so friends etc would still be able to see them.

This leads me to an idea I have about the Fidelius Charm. I don't think it is the actual location of the people who are hidding that is the secret. This quote above backs up my point as surely if it was the house and location that were secret then LV wouldn't even be able to press his nose against their living room window, becuase he wouldn't now where ti was etc. What exatly the secret would be I don't know, I want more information before I try and work that out. The other thing that leads me to this idea, is the quote about the "magical concelament of a secret within a living person". It sounds like an odd way to phrase someone keeping something secret, something they shouldn't tell anyone. Why not just say that someone has to keep the location (or whatever) a secret and not tall anyone. It just seems very odd. It almost seems like it is the actual souls (or similar) of the people being hidden that is the secret that is placed inside the secret keeper, or that there is some sort of parallel universe formed in this spell that is the same as ours and everything happens the same and certain people can move between it (Sirius, Dumbledore, Lupi  etc, people who are friends of the Potters) but other people are just trapped in one or the other (LV and the death eaters in one and the Potters in the other).

This is probably totally rediculous but I get the feeling there is more to this "secret" than just the location of the people that are hiding, it just doesn't feel right.

HOLLYDAZE!!!


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