Molly & others' vulnerability (DD specifically)

[dcgmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 109009

> Magda: 
> >>> I think Molly's weak point would be that she'd let her anxiety 
> over her children's (and Harry's) safety blind her to reality.  
> [snip] 
 
> dcgmck:
> > 4 - Dumbledore only seems to worry about Harry's feelings and 
> > welfare when Harry is actually in a sickbed or in Dumbledore's 
> > presence.  The rest of the time he seems content to trust that 
> > Harry will be protected and/or be able to fend for himself.  Even 
> > when Harry disappears from the maze in GoF, Dumbledore doesn't 
get proactive, preferring to wait and see how things will sort 
> > themselves out until he actually deduces that Moody is not the 
Mad Eye he knows and trusts.
> 
> SSSusan:
> Good point.  I myself have argued that DD has been willing to allow 
> Harry a good deal of latitude to test and/or prove himself.  I 
would argue, though, with the GoF example.  Since Harry & Cedric 
carried the portkey with them to the graveyard, how could DD have 
been proactive in any way?  He couldn't go after them, as he didn't 
know where they were.  
> 
> You're right that DD's been willing to stand back & allow Harry--
and Ron & Hermione--to be in dangerous situations.  What do you think 
> that he would do if the DEs actually captured one of the Trio and, 
> rather than killing them outright, attempted to use them to bargain 
> for something?
> 
[snip, sorry]

dcgmck:

Actually, I think Dumbledore has already shown what he would and will 
do if and when Harry et al are in serious danger: witness the MoM 
duel between DD and LV/TR.  I'd call that seriously proactive.

Without more than inference to support me, I'd like to suggest that 
Dumbledore has no trouble knowing at any given moment where anyone 
who interests him is.  His only real challenge seems to be the ever 
present time/distance factor, which I assume is why he was too late 
at Godric's Hollow, if he even tried to get there.  Of course, he 
also didn't know that GH was the place to be because of the charm 
whose name is currently eluding me... grrr...

{My inference is based on the MoM's ability to detect Harry's every 
underaged wizard infraction, DD's numerous cool tools in his office, 
and the fact that HP seems to have been watched from both near and 
far all his life, even before the corporeal return of LV.)