Lily's protection (Was: Harry as 'resilient' child abuse survivor)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 53853

Marina:
 
> But why would Lily feel the need to give Harry protection against 
> the Dursley's?  Unlike the rest of the WW, she knew Sirius wasn't 
> her Secret-Keeper, and she didn't know he was going to get framed 
> and end up in Azkaban.  According to Sirius himself, James and Lily 
> had wanted him to take care of Harry if anything happened to them.  
> So as far as Lily knew, if Harry somehow survived Voldemort's 
> attack, he'd end up being raised by his loving godfather, so no 
> extra protection against abusive adults would be necessary.

My theory on that is that Lily was true Seer. After the Keeper-switch-
trick, she Saw that Peter would betray them, that Sirius would be 
accused and only ones left would be Dursleys!

Only just too late to change anything, only just early enough to 
prepare herself and Harry for it. She gives Harry a blessing that 
protects him against Dursley-abuse before Voldemort got there, and 
finishes Harry-protection by sacrifising herself... because she 
*knew* that would save Harry, having had a vision about her own death.

All this talk about Harry having Lily's eyes -- and Harry *did* 
happen to see Buckbeak flying free - a *true* vision, not to mention 
his past/present-dreams, as well as the cryptic ones that show future 
and act as a warning...
 
-- Finwitch