[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP Dumbledore

[Kimberly Dawkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 65117


On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 03:34  PM, pippin_999 wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kimberly Dawkins
> <kim.dawkins at c...> wrote:
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>> I have been wondering what kind of precautions Dumbledore
> took during  his talk with Harry to ensure Voldemort couldn't
> appear inside Harry as  he had earlier.  All year long,
> Dumbledore wouldn't even look Harry in  the eye for fear of this.
> The one moment he did just before Harry and  the Weasleys
> took the portkey in his office, Voldemort appeared  immediately.
> So why not during this rather long discussion near the
>> end of the book?  What had changed?<<
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> Remember that Harry could feel Voldemort's mind when
> Voldemort was feeling something strongly. In the same way,
> Voldemort was using Harry's emotions to enter his mind.  This
> was why Harry was supposed to calm himself during practice
> with Snape and empty his mind of emotion before resting. Harry
> never got the hang of that.  However,   Harry's "heart," as
> Dumbledore calls it, the depth of his ability to love,  is so
> repellent to Voldemort that if Harry fills his mind with it,
> Voldemort cannot possess him.
>
> Pippin
> 	
	
Me again;

Yes, but what makes Dumbledore think that Harry is now accomplished 
enough at keeping Voldemort out so that they can have their 
chapter-long conversation about "everything"?  Is he assuming that 
Voldemort will not try to re-enter Harry so soon after he was thrown 
out by Harry's "heart"?  Or did JKR choose to ignore the possibility of 
Voldemort returning in Harry's mind so soon so she could let Dumbledore 
have his chat and end the book?

I'm just curious why Dumbledore and Harry can now have this very long 
talk without apparent shielding against Voldemort?  Or or we to assume 
that Voldy can no longer possess Harry after the event at the Ministry?

Kim (who suddenly realizes she should have read all those posts about 
Harry and possession)