[HPforGrownups] Re: what is "the heart of it all"?

[Wendy St John]

No: HPFGUIDX 77455

> sebfish5 wrote:

> 1) What do you think this heart is, if you are that much of a god
>      but, more likely
> 2) What, or who, do you think this "heart" revolves around?
> 
  
Hickengruendler added:

"I think it has something to with Dumbledore's satisfaction when he 
learned that Voldemort has used Harry's blood. I don't believe any 
minute, that Dumbledore is evil, therefore Voldemort must have made a 
mistake there somehow. Many fans guessed, that it was because he now 
has human blood in his body, which means he can die. But maybe it has 
something to do with the fact, that it is partly Lily's blood. Lily's 
blood is Harry's protection in Privet Drive, and now Voldemort has 
part of it in his body. Maybe this has something to do with his 
downfall. Of course he has the blood now for around a year, and he 
seems very healthy, so there must be more to it, if my theory is 
right."

Now me (Wendy):

A while back I heard a great theory to explain this (sorry, I can't for the
life of me remember who came up with it first). The gleam *was* because of
the blood. Harry is protected by something in his blood, and now that blood
also flows in Voldemort's veins. HOWEVER, part of Harry's protection is
reliant upon Harry returning to his "home" once a year, more specifically
to Privet Drive where his blood relatives live (Petunia and perhaps even
Dudley being essential to this protection). So, for the first year after
Voldemort's resurrection, they were both protected. But once that year has
elapsed, Harry will continue to be protected because he'll return to Privet
Drive, thus renewing the protection. But the protection in Voldemort's
blood will "expire" because he won't have returned to Privet Drive (and,
most likely, it wouldn't work even if he did go to Privet Drive, as he is
not "family" to Petunia. Not as far as we know, anyhow).  There. I think
I've explained it properly. Don't know if it'll prove to be true in the
end, but it's the theory I like best, so far.

Wendy