SecretKeeper needed at the Dursley's house

[Meira B]

No: HPFGUIDX 48809

Snuffles:
Some people HAD to know where he was. In PS/SS, Harry recalls "dtrange"
people waving, bowing, embracing etc him  throughout his memory. Obviously 
these people knew who he was--- and he was always out with the Dursleys on 
these occasions.... so, one owuld think that it was somewhat a common 
knowledge that wizards and witches knew where to find Harry-- or at least 
knew what he looked like as he aged......

Me:
I don't think that those wizards that waved at him actually knew where to 
find him, I think that they just ran into him, or something.

Snuffles:
which brings up another question- How did random wizards and witches 
identify Harry unless someone in the WW was providing information?

Me again:
The whole WW knows who James and Lily Potter and their son - Harry Potter 
were. And having a lightning-shaped scar on the forehead doesn't exactly 
help matters of anonymity (sorry for the spelling).
Besides, it's not too difficult to imagine Rita Skeeter snooping around 
trying to find out everything possible about to Boy Who Lived to make a 
front page article in the Daily Prophet.

Snuffles:
I think that the ancient magic protecting Harry at the Dursleys did not
prevent people from knowing where he was... but simply preventing harm to 
him-- look at how Harry evades Dudley's gang in PS/SS by magically ending up 
on the roof after diving behind trashbins....

SOmething strange was happening, yes... but I still think that many people 
knew where Harry was.

Me:
I thought about the Fidelius charm that protects Harry, and many questions 
have been raised in this list about what happens in the muggle school that 
Harry went to prior to Hogwarts, how was he protected there. I think (and I 
hope I'm not pilagiarizing anyone's ideas, my apologies if I am) that the 
Fidelius is not around a *location* but around a *person*.

I also think that the Fidelius charm protects Harry from those who intend to 
*harm* him, so making Harry invisible to a wizard that just wants to wave 
his hand at the Boy Who Lived and run back home and tell his wife and 
children: "Oh, by Merlin's Beard, I've seen Harry Potter today, and you know 
what?" (said wizard is all excited now, wife and children less so, 
apparently this wizard is a "Harry Potter" stalker who tries to figure out 
where Harry Potter will be next so he can go there and wave at him)
Wife and children (sighing deeply, knowing what's coming next): "No, what?"
Wizard: "I waved at him." (declaring this as if he has finally invented a 
self-spelling wand, all smiling and beaming at his loved one and his 
offspring) *wizard goes off to his room and collects a huge scrap-album 
where he collects everything that was ever printed about the Boy Who Lived*

ummm, was getting slightly out-of-track there...

Anyway, it would make much more sense if the Fidelius was around a person 
rather than a location, because then it would resolve all the logistical 
problems of having protection in one place, while having none in another 
place.

OK, that's it from me (for now),
Merry Christmas,
Meira.


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