what is "the heart of it all"?

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 77463

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 
<hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
> 
> 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.

I think that the reason is quite different - and simpler.
Harry's protection stems from the love of
his mother and her sacrifice. His protection at the Dursleys is
still based on that same love (his relatives do not love him, but
were willing to take him in to protect him).
Harry's greatest power (according
to DD) is his humanity (specifically his ability to love).

Voldemort took Harry's blood but he is completely devoid of humane
feelings, especially love. In fact, that power was how he was forced
off when he possessed Harry at the end of OoP. If the protection
Harry has is based on love, it will not protect Voldemort in
the same way, of at all. If Voldemort is relying on that to save
him then he is bound to be disappointed...

Salit