Lupin at Privet Drive (Was Re: Astra's Hubby Has a Theory (3rd 'missing' DE))

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 110297

--- > "coderaspberry77" <rhinobabies at h...> wrote:
>> > 
> > As for Uncle Vernon - if he was a DE, why not just kill Harry 
and  make it look like an accident sometime in the 10 years before 
Hogwarts?  snip snip> 
> 
Linda wrote:
> There is a clue to this in OoP. I just reread it last night! Uncle 
> Vernon and Aunt Petunia are not able to physically harm Harry 
(such > as hitting him, starvation doesn't seem to apply!), with any 
> severity, while on the property. My basis for that statement is in 
> the first chapter of OoP.
> 
> It occurs when Uncle Vernon is strangling Harry... "'Get - off - 
me!' Harry gasped. For a few seconds they struggled, Harry pulling 
at his uncle's sausage-like fingers with his left  hand, his right 
maintaining a firm grip on his raised wand; then, as  the pain in 
the top of Harry's head gave a particularly nasty throb,  Uncle 
Vernon yelped and released Harry as though he had received an 
electric shock. *Some invisible force seemed to have surged through 
his nephew, making him impossible to hold.* (emphasis mine)
> 
> It seems IMO that no one can harm Harry at number four, not just 
> Voldemort. The conversation with DD at the end of the book where 
> they discuss the bond of blood is the only other reference that I 
> can find to this subject, DD only mentions that this protection is 
> from Voldemort, by name.
> 
> Any thoughts?


mhbobbin:
I do think Privet Drive  protects Harry from anyone.  Linda's 
comments about Privet Drive reminded me that subsequent to an 
earlier post I made about Lupin ***shaking hands all round*** (in 
the Is James Lupin blah blah blah last week) but apparently not 
shaking hands with Harry, I discovered that Lupin does actually 
shake hands with Harry***at Privet Drive*** when he shows up as part 
of The Guard to take Harry away. Other than the MoM scene where he 
holds Harry back, it's  the only physical contact he has with Harry--
except for the rare clap on the shoulder. It wouldn't be odd except 
JKR keeps, IMO, drawing a line under it.

 Twice in OotP, Lupin shakes hands "all round" but apparently not 
with Harry--first after delivering Harry to the train station where 
he shakes hands all round but claps Harry on the shoulder and 
second, after the Knight Bus, where he delivers the kids to school 
after Christmas. At that time, he shakes hands all round but speaks 
to Harry. I could ignore it if it weren't for Lupin's final remark 
to Harry to be sure to ****Keep in touch*****.  

I was surprised on rereading OotP to discover that Lupin does shake 
hands with Harry because it seemed inconsistent, until Linda brought 
up the seemingly broad protections there. Lupin shaking Harry's hand 
at Privet Drive may be the exception that proves the rule. These 
handshaking episodes are, of course, in addition to the PoA 
incidents that initially appeared related to Lupin's emotional 
state. (shiver). 

Where this is going, I've no clue. But I did want to mention it here 
because it may be reinforcing the broad Privet Drive protections. 
Protection against what with Lupin is beyond me still. (I don't 
accept the ESE Lupin theory yet).
 
Also, I think that Uncle Vernon, like Dudley, is **what you see is 
what you get***(I still suspect Lugo Bagman as 3rd DE).

mhbobbin 
(Confession: I also supported the Mark Evans was somebody theories 
but I still see that as JKR's mistake. Hey maybe Mark Evans will 
still turn out to be the 3rd DE!!!!)