Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 118951


> 
> Geoff:
> Back to canon...
> '- but before he coud draw himself up to full height, the top of 
> his 
> head collided with the Dursley's open window. The resultant crash 
> made Aunt Petunia scream even louder.
> 
> Harry felt as though his head had been split in two. Eyes 
>streaming, 
> he swayed, trying to focus on the street to spot the source of the 
> noise but he had barely staggered upright when two large purple 
> hands 
> reached through the window and closed tightly round his throat.
> 
> "Put - it - away!" Uncle Vernon snarled into Harry's ear. "Now! 
> Before - anyone - sees!"
> 
> "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 al 
> electric shock. Some invisible force seemed to have surged through 
> his nephew, making him impossible to hold.'
> 
> (OOTP "Dudley Demented" p.10 UK edition)
 
 azriona:

> Ah!  I forgot about that.  All the same, though - had the spell put 
> on Harry for his protection prevented *anyone* from touching him in 
> anger, shouldn't Vernon have been shocked immediately, and not 
after 
> a few seconds of struggle?  I'm almost inclined to say that the 
force 
> which prevented Vernon from holding on was a surge of power in 
Harry 
> himself, and had little to do with the magic protecting him from 
harm.
> 
> (Although because that same surge was concurrent with "a 
particularly 
> nasty throb" in his scar, I'm willing to accept that it's an 
> indication of something more sinister.)
> 

There is harm and harm. I think Vernon received a shock because he 
was trying to *kill* Harry. 

Until there, Dudley and Petunia (with the pan) 'only' tried to hurt 
Harry. This time, the risk of death was playing in the protection.

(Maybe the prophecy mean that anyone can hurt Harry, badly, but not 
kill him, safe if you're Voldie.)

And I think the throb came from when his head collided with the 
Dursley's open window.

Christelle