The gleam & protection (was:Re: what is "the heart of it all"?)

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 77592

"Wendy St John" 
 wrote:

<snip>

> >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
<snip>
> > 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 
<snip>
 
Then "Salit" wrote:
<snip> 
> Harry's protection stems from the love of
> his mother and her sacrifice. 

<snip>
 
> 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...
> 

Now me:

I have been digesting DD's (rather poor IMO) explanation in OOtP for 
quite a while, when suddenly connecting the gleam in DD's eyes and 
the blood protection. But for a somewhat different reason.

As DD states to Harry, he knew that his most complex and powerful 
protective spells and charms were unlikely to be invincible if LV 
ever returned to full power. So DD gave Harry the blood (sacrifice) 
protection because LV would underestimate it (OOtP UK ed., pg 736). A 
bit later DD states that while Harry is with his relatives at Privet 
Drive and he can still call it home, LV cannot harm him there. 
This last statement of DD is what I believe caused the gleam in his 
eyes in GOF, as he understood that LV had realized what shield 
exactly Harry was protected by, and that LV consequently had realized 
that it was useless for him (LV I mean) to try and harm Harry at 
Privet Drive. So DD could still allow Harry to go to Privet Drive 
during summer holiday (the need to return there once a year as, 
simply, Hogwarts is closed during this time). The gleam is one of 
triumph for DD as he has outwitted LV with this.

Laylalast (aka Lilian)