Voldemort's attacks on Harry

[sbursztynski]

No: HPFGUIDX 79991

> 
>    Lemme see here...:
> 
> 1) The spell wouldn't rebound again, as when LV was ressurrected,
he 
> used some of Harry's blood, removing the latent protection 
> surrounding Harry left by his mother.  That protection caused the 
> spell to rebound in the first place.  Without it, LV can be pretty 
> sure that AK would kill him off this time, I believe.
> 
> 2) LV wanted the prophecy because he only knew half of what it
said.  
> For all he knew, it could have gone something like, "Killing Harry 
> Potter will bring about the ultimate doom for the one who calls 
> himself Voldemort."  If it had, then LV would suddenly become 
Harry's 
> new best friend.  With the prophecy broken, LV decides to finally 
> remove the Harry problem once and for all since he continues to
make 
> a pest of himself year after year.  Again, this is all IMO.
> 
>     Wyld

Me now:

And why doesn't he just kill Aunt Petunia? He must know about the 
home-protection thing or he would have tried before to kill Harry at 
home, unless there's a secret-keeper somewhere we haven't been told 
about. If he kills Auntie P, he will then have broken the "bond of 
blood" and he can kill Harry at home. (Which, now I think of it,
makes 
Petunia a pretty brave lady and I think we're going to see a more 
sympathetic side of her in future books). Sue B.