The gleam..an alternate theory?

[Diana <dianasdolls@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48824

crazytortilla wrote: 
> The "gleam" in Dumbledore's eye at the end of GOF is
> Dumbledore's realization that Voldemort took Harry's
> blood.  Why is this important?  I think that by taking
> Harry's blood, Voldemort has made himself a blood
> relative of Harry's, and somehow unable to hurt Harry
> due to the protection that he has while in his
> relative's care.  Whenever Voldemort is around Harry,
> this protection takes effect since he is under the
> care of a blood relative.
 
After reading your post, it reminded me of a passage in GoF that 
made me think about Dumbledore's gleam again.  Here's the passage:

"[Voldemort talking to the Death Eaters & Harry in the graveyard] 
There was no hope of stealing the Sorcerer's Stone anymore, for I 
knew that Dumbledore would have seen to it that it was destroyed.  
But I was willing to embrace MORTAL LIFE [emphasis mine] again, 
before chasing immortality.  I set my sights lower...I would settle 
for my old body back again, and my old strength."

So, Voldemort, at the end of GoF is human and mortal again at the 
same strength he was before.  No wonder Harry beats him again! :D  
But, back to the gleam in Dumbledore's eye when Harry tells him 
about Voldemort believing that using Harry's blood to resurrect 
himself would give him the same protection that Harry had from his 
mother's love.  And that Voldemort could touch him now without pain 
[see Voldemort!Quirrell's fate].  
What if Voldemort has made a grave calculation about Harry's blood 
protecting him as well and Dumbledore knows this?  I surmise that 
Harry's mother's love has nothing to do with Harry's blood, but with 
Harry's soul, which Voldemort didn't get a piece of.  Perhaps 
Voldemort doesn't realize that he's just as unprotected as before?  
It will be fun when Voldemort finds out about his misconception!  :D

Another thought on this topic is what Dumbledore said at the end of 
SS/PS.  Here's the quote I want to reference:

"[Dumbledore talking to Harry] Your mother died to save you.  If 
there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.  He 
didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves 
it's own mark.  Not a scar, no visible sign...to have been loved so 
deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us 
some protection forever.  It is in your very skin.  Quirrell, full 
of hatred, greed, and ambition, sharing his soul with Voldemort, 
could not touch you for this reason.  It was agony to touch a person 
marked by something so good."  

What if Voldemort drew the wrong conclusion from Quirrell's 
encounter with Harry?  What if the specific combination of Quirrell 
and Voldemort couldn't touch Harry, but Voldemort alone could have?  
Sure, Voldemort was ripped from his body by his curse against Baby!
Harry backfiring, but Voldemort never tried to physically touch 
Harry until he was residing inside Quirrell.  And, the sixteen-year-
old Voldemort in CoS never physically touched Harry in the Chamber 
of Secrets, either.  We don't know for a fact that Voldemort 
*couldn't* touch Harry physically at any time.  Harry has 
undoubtedly been protected in many ways while living with the 
Dursleys, but Voldemort never even tried to physically lay a finger 
on Harry, even a non-malevolent touch.  Until Voldemort was living 
on the back of Quirrell's head and Quirrell was trying to strangle 
Harry at Voldemort's command, then Voldemort has never actually 
touched Harry in any way.  We knew Quirrell by himself could touch 
Harry because he shook his hand in the Leaky Cauldron.  That was 
before Voldemort "punished" Quirrell by taking up residence on the 
back of his head, of course.

In addition, it is entirely possible, IMHO, that Voldemort's taking 
Harry's blood as part of himself, has gained some of Harry's 
humanity, compassion and nobility.  What if, for complete lack of a 
better analogy, Harry's blood acts like a virus inside Voldemort 
and 'weakens' him by making doubts, love, remorse or even glimmers 
of compassion break through his evil personality?  For a wanton 
murderer who kills without remorse or thought, even the tiniest stab 
of doubt or compassion would be a major hindrance.    

Dumbledore has yet to reveal to Harry [and by extension, us] why 
Voldemort so wanted to kill him even when Harry was a baby.  Maybe, 
if Harry as the Heir of Gryffindor theory is true, Voldemort having 
blood from the heir of Gryffindor inside his veins is the key to his 
downfall?  If I was Dumbledore, the thought of Voldemort drawing 
grossly incorrect conclusions about Harry's blood making him 
stronger, when it will be his downfall, would make me do some 
serious twinkling myself.  :D

Diana