OOP: Protection... mistake or foreboding?

[pegruppel]

No: HPFGUIDX 64834

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Tamara wrote:

> But it does make me wonder, exactly 
> what protection is this blood thing giving him??  It certainly 
didn't 
> do anything when he faced Voldemort at the end of GoF.  The only 
> thing that saved Harry's hide was his own wits and the whole wand 
on 
> wand thing. So, is Dumbledore just, um, stupid? lol
> 
> 
Me:

I suspect that the protection Harry has is only in force when he is 
actually *at* the Dursley's. Voldemort said something to this effect 
at the end of GOF.  That's why Voldemort had to get Harry away from 
both Privet Drive *and* Hogwarts to have a shot at him.  Lord 
Thingy's ability to touch him (physically) is only part of the 
enchantment.  

In OOP, Chapter 3, The Advance Guard, they placed a Disillusionment 
Charm on Harry, waited for a signal, and flew in all sorts of crazy 
directions to throw off any pursuers.  It seems to me that the 
protection of Privet Drive has a distinct limit.

I think that some direct assault on Privet Drive is pending in book 6 
or 7, because V is going to get impatient and try to get past the 
enchantment of the protection spell.  That's when we'll see the 
unmagical person do magic--as a means of protecting their home and 
family.

I don't think Dumbledore is stupid, quite the contrary, although I do 
think his powers are limited. He is a man, an old man, as he says at 
the end of OOP.  If he dies in the course of the books, which he 
probably will, it may be due to old age, rather than at the hands of 
Lord V (like Yoda in 'Star Wars').  That's a let down after his 
battle with V at the end of OOP, but that's how I see it at this 
point.

Peg