[HPforGrownups] Floo/head-in-the-fireplace & Hogwarts defenses

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 57570

Abigail:

> I've had the sneaking suspicion for a while now that the defenses on
Hogwarts are more
> psychological than physical - everyone knows that the castle is
impregnable, so no one
> tries to get in.  Dumbledore's presence probably helps, too, but really,
the castle is
> protected by ancient and outdated spells which no one has bothered to
upgrade or
> update in centuries.

Oooh! Oooh! Indirect support for "love as a spell component"!

For those of you who read "Amanda Binns Explains It All"....doesn't this fit
in? Dumbledore's willing sacrifice to be a component of a protective spell
for Hogwarts, as Lily's willing sacrifice may have been a component of a
protective spell for Harry.

Oooh, this fits. Down to Dumbledore's death being what Snape accomplishes to
win Voldemort's trust again; Snape possibly not really doing it but Harry
believing he did; etc. (Snape feeling responsible for Dumbledore's death, by
the way, would be *TERRIBLY* Bangst-y, now, wouldn't it?)

 *Do* go back and read that post...(47077).

~Amandageist