[HPforGrownups] Obliviation - Snape at 3rd task? at rebirthing? - Dursleys

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 19862

Amy: So you wouldn't object to someone reaching in and wiping out whichever 
ones of your memories =he= found inconvenient?  

 
Eep! Never thought of that...I forgot that's what Lockhart does, that is, erasing good memories and important memories.

Koinonia: The other reason I doubt he was
there because supposedly JKR said the one who left forever was
Snape.  
 
 
This is the obvious reason it can be assumed he wasn't there. I always thought the DE that left Voldy forever was Snape. What makes anyone think differently?
 
Koinonia: I also wonder if he would be making potions on
such an important day.  Though he might not be walking around the
hedges, I would think he would be where the action was in case of
need. Unless there was a very important potion he had to make at the
last minute. 


Agreed. This is what I have always thought, thus my theory assuming Snape was watching the tournament, that is, the theory on why I thought he didn't go after Harry. Someone had asked why Snape didn't do anything.

Koinonia: Oh, when will the next book ever come
out! 


I think we all feel your pain...I'm suffering from withdrawal and am quite impatient. I hear it won't be out till early next year. February or March, was it?

M. wrote: It is quite possible that the Weasley's knew how and where to find
Harry because Dumbledore allowed them to find Harry.  We all know,
especially from the end of GoF, that Dumbledore trusts the Weasley's,
so it would make sense that he would send them to "rescue" Harry from
Privet Drive. 


I'm not sure about this. If Dumbledore wants Harry to be safe, why would he allow him to be taken somewhere quite risky?

Scott: Why is it that people assume that no one know where Harry stays in
the summer months. The Weasleys obviously know though since Harry
told them, and the same for Hermione, maybe not the exact location at
first. Voldy knows too.

Voldy knows, but can't harm him. I think it's the only place he's completely safe. Apparently, Voldy can attack Hogwarts.

A thought occurs to me. Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley are Harry's only blood family. This probably means James was an only child. But who were James' parents? I doubt it matters in the big scheme of things, but we never hear of them. Are we to assume that both James and Lily's parents have died or something?
 
Scott: It might not have been in the Daily Prophet with a map when Dumbly
first put Harry on the doorstep, but I see no reason to think that
people couldn't find out if they wished to do so. I also see the
flipside which that Harry's home could have been swamped with
grateful wizards all trying to get a look at "The-Boy-Who-Lived" in
his infancy. 


I get the impression wizards try to avoid Muggles as much as possible, so I doubt that even if they knew where Harry was, they'd go look him up.

Vicky


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