Why did the Potters have a Secret Keeper at all? Why not just hide?

[Melanie L Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 57348

Me - Melanie L Ellis <emeleel at j...> wrote:
 
>>I think Prof. Trelawney and the centaurs predicted that Harry would be
the downfall of LV. Since the >>centaurs also "saw" it, DD took it
seriously. Either the prediction was vague enough that they had no 
>>idea when this would take place, or else there were some specifics that
would have to play out before the >>downfall would occur. So DD and/or
the MoM would need to be able to get hold of the Potters at 
>>some point to bring Harry into the mix to bring about the downfall of
LV. 
 
Then Barb wrote:
 
>While it is highly likely that Voldemort suspected that Harry would be a
problem for him and that's why he >went after him while he was a helpless
baby (like many figures in fairy tales/mythology who have 
>done the same thing) it seems far less likely that the Ministry or even
Dumbledore had some sort of plan for >Harry to actively defeat Voldemort
at some point.  Many people in the wizarding world, like 
>McGonagall (a very respected professor) seem to place relatively little
faith in Divination.

I know they don't have much respect for Divination - but there doesn't
seem to be the same disdain for some of the similar arts. Arithamancy
seems to be respected (Hermoine says it makes much more sense, and there
haven't been any comments from the staff to tell us otherwise.) and I
believe they also have a Runes class? Also, Astronomy seems to be fine,
and I think that's where the centaurs fit in. (Although I'm not sure,
that's why I asked about the Astronomy classes.) I can't wait to find out
more about the centaurs and what they saw in the stars back in PS/SS and
before the story in the book. I think they know a *lot*. Hagrid doesn't
seem to put much stock in what they say, but the way it reads to me,
they're never really telling Hagrid anything, just spouting non sequitors
at him - it doesn't make sense to him because he's not in a position to
need to know anything. I think they do know what they're talking about,
and told DD about it.


Melanie Ellis
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