[HPforGrownups] The Fateful Night / why we know so little

[Meg Demeranville]

No: HPFGUIDX 42268

After careful consideration of Grey Wolf's post while plastering my bathroom, I have the following questions:

<snip excellent parts of Grey Wolf's post>  However, Voldemort forgets the ancient love-shield spell based on a sacrifice for love that Lily had been studying, and when he tries to AK Harry, the AK rebounds on the love shield and hits him squarely. When the AK spell which, in my opinion, disassociates the soul from the body, hits the almost soul-less Voldemort, after having been rebounded in a love shield, all hell breaks loose. His body detonates with extreme force, blowing off the room's ceiling and dropping bits and pieces of house all over Godric's Hollow. So far, in fact, that almost none of it falls on Harry (and what little it does fall on him is easily stopped by the love shield and the innate magic protection all wizards have). <snip>

Where does it say that Voldermort has no soul? Hagrid says "Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die." (p. 57 SS US Hardback). I would think that his soul is all that he has left. That would be why he needed to get a new body in GoF. His vapor form that fled to Albania was his soul, which was probably black as midnight in my humble opinion. 

My next question: <snip> Dumbledore feels James's and Lily's death, and inmediately sends Hagrid with orders to get Harry and take him some place safe, and to meet with him at midnight of the next day at Privet's drive. Hagrid takes floo powder to a near place and arrives there minutes before Sirius, but with time enough to find Harry, more or less intact, except for the scar. Sirius arrives later, since he used the motobike, slower than Floo powder and asks for Harry. Hagrid will not give it to him, but accepts the bike. With no child to protect, Sirius goes looking for Peter. He knows him well, so he's able to find him in less than a day, by looking in the usual hiding places a rat like Peter would choose. <snip>

Is it possible to assume that Dumbledore has the same kinds of protections on the house at Godric's Hollow that he will later set up (I think) to watch Harry on Privet Drive? He may not be able to see what is going on at Godric's Hollow but is able to detect if Dark Magic takes place. It is known that Voldermort was after the Potters, they were scared enough to go into hiding, therefore, I think that it is reasonable to assume that there was some kinds of monitoring devices set up either in the village or the house for Dumbledore to know what was going on in the house. He may not have been able to do anything about it, but would be able to send Hagrid for Harry. Or else, how did he know at all that Harry was alive.

I think a lot of what we don't know has come because Harry has not asked questions. In the opening chapters of PS/SS, there are multiple references to the Dursley's "Don't ask questions" rule. In chapter 2 of PS/SS it is mentioned 3 separate times. And the chapter is only 11 pages long. I think that concept made Harry not asked the questions we want answers to (great plot device) but I think that he is learning to ask questions as the books go on.

Wow, this is my longest post yet. Ok, back to plastering.

-- Meg (who is stuck in the splint until school starts)


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