DD: an appreciation (Was Re: Snape, A Murderer?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 96909

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:
> <snip> How the hell does DD come to be involved in Lily's 'sacrifice'
> charm? It reads as if he thinks that he arranged it, that it's not the
> automatic protection given by Lily's death and it's continuation
> through Petunia that many readers assume.
> "Unwittingly given" as Voldy says in the graveyard. And if DD did
> arrange it, it had to be planned in advance.
> 
> I (Carol) responded:
> <snipped by Kneasy>
>  
> As for "unwittingly given," those words relate to Voldemort's father
> and his bits of bone, not to Lily's sacrifice. 
> > 
> > 
> Kneasy answered:
> Tut tut. 
> It's always wise to check your sources before committing yourself:
>  
> "His mother died in the attempt to save him - and unwittingly provided
> > him with a  protection I had not foreseen....I could not touch the boy."
> > 
> > Want to try again?
> > 
> > Kneasy
> 
> 
> Carol, quoting canon:
> 
> "Bone of the father, unwittingly given, you will renew your son!" (GoF
> Am. ed. 641)
> 

Is there some significant concept here  that I'm missing, or are you just
correcting egregious errors in reproducing quotations? 

If you cast your mind back, this started with a consideration of DD's
explication in which he says that *he* placed the spell that eventually
protected Harry and Voldy ups and says that Harry was unwittingly
provided with protection by Lily. An interesting interlocking of  canon,
if indeed that is what  it is. Of course, DD's words can (as usual) be
interpreted in more than one way, but the unwitting protection bit
seems pretty clear.

The idea that Voldy is saying that just to  taunt Harry is possible, but
weak. Voldy is quite willing to admit his own mistakes and that the
protection has been effective. So far as he is concerned this  is the
showdown - time to remove this pest once and for all. Mature  
master of malice vs student stripped of protection. Why bother to lie?
It achieves nothing.

Kneasy