[HPforGrownups] Many Replies to 2 Weeks' Posts, please scroll down to find *YOUR* NAME!!

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58153



> On Sun, 18 May 2003 03:59:54 -0000 "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
> <catlady at wicca.net> writes:
> > Some brilliantly insightful listie (but I don't remember which one)
> > suggested that the Devil's Snare trap was intended for Neville, who
> > is good at Herbology, as the chess was for Ron, the flying keys for
> > Harry, and the logic puzzle for Hermione. IE, that Dumbledore
> > expected them to take Neville with them rather than to leave him
> > paralyzed on the common room floor.
>
Melanie:

> Hmmm, that's an interesting take. But, then, who was the troll for?
> Marcus Flint or some of his giant Quidditch cronies? <Snicker, snicker -
> no, I'm not trying to cut you down! :-)>
>
Kelly:
The troll would be for Harry and Ron, who have already defeated a troll.
The help of Hermione (and Neville) would only be a bonus.
>
>
> > Ali wrote:
> >
> > << I do not believe that Harry's protection dies the minute he is
> > away from the Dursleys. I do believe though that it becomes weaker.
> > It would have been at its weakest at the end of the school year -
> > which just happens to be when Voldemort struck in GoF; perhaps this
> > is no coincidence. >>
>
> To which CatLady wrote:
> > I think so, too. That would explain this bit at the end of GoF: "Ron
> > told Harry about a meeting Mrs Weasley had had with Dumbledore
> > before
> > going home. <<She went to ask him if you could come straight to us
> > this summer," he said. "But he wants you to go back to the Dursleys,
> >
> > at least at first." "Why?" said Harry. "She said Dumbledore's got
> > his reasons," said Ron,>> Harry has to go back to the Dursleys to
> > recharge the protective magic, and THEN he can go to the Weasleys.
>
Melanie again:

> I've always assumed that Dumbledore needed Harry to go on to the
> Dursley's because he already has protections in place for him there, DD
> has nothing set up at the Weasleys. The first time Harry went to the
> Burrow, it was not with DD's blessing, but he must not have thought the
> danger very great or he wouldn't have allowed Harry to spend 2 weeks
> there without protections. In GoF, I think Harry was only there a couple
> of days, and again, DD would have no reason to suspect real danger,
> despite the DE's and the Dark Mark at the World Cup. Now that Voldemort
> has risen again, though, DD's not about to let Harry go off to spend time
> anywhere that he is not protected. That was my take on it, anyway.
>
Kelly:
Harry was already staying with the Weasleys when the Dark Mark went up at
the QWC.  IIRC, school started only a couple of days after the QWC, so he
wasn't there that long.  Although the Mark went up, DD knew that Voldemort
had not truly risen yet, and probably concluded it was some of the DE's
having way too much fun.  In that environment, he probably figured the
Weasleys could be trusted to keep Harry safe for one more day.
Logistically, it would have been a pain to get Harry back to the Dursleys,
let him sleep for one night, and then make sure he made it to King's Cross
Station the very next day to catch the train.  Might as well catch it with
the Weasleys.  But, as you say, with Voldemort completely returned, he's not
going to let him go to the Weasleys until he gets some safeguards in place.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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