Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 118980


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:
> 
> If that holds true -- I fear that Harry is NOT protected at Dursleys.
> You never know when Petunia knocks him unconsious with a frying pan
> and Vernon strangles him?
> 
> Ans as it is, I think Dumbledore's 'protection' is faulty per se, as
> well. 
> 
> As Dumbledore put it (As I remember it): 
> As long as Harry can call his home the place where his mother's blood
> dwells he's safe there - - 
>

Yeah,  but safe from  what?
It'd be a bit of an anticlimax if Harry  was proofed against absolutely
every kind of spell, assault and accident. Where's the tension in an
impervious hero? Even Superman had his Achilles heel.  

I posted (a few months back) that the 'Ancient Magic' that protects
Harry is only effective against Voldemort and even then it was Voldy's 
*person* but not his spells. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'blood
protection'  is/was not as comprehensive as some would think or wish.

Wandless magic seemed to protect him when he was at his previous
school and I'm willing to accept that it was the same automatic magic
that kept him out of Vernon's grasping fists. At a rough guess I'd
be willing to bet that 'wandless magic' is a wizard's (or wizard child's)
protection against unwelcome Muggle attentions or possible damage
from non-magical events, such as Neville being dropped out of a
window. Certainly I can't ever remember it being reported as functioning
reliably against magic or other wizards.

Now if these other types of magic (Ancient, wandless) provide a
measure of protection against *specific* types of threat against Harry,
then the next question is - "What does blood protection guard him
against?" closely followed by another question - "If it  protects Harry,
why is DD seemingly so pleased that Voldy has Harry's blood in him?"
Back to the old "Dumbledore's gleam". 
IIRC no-one ever has explained that satisfactorily.
And I'm not even going to try.

Kneasy