Dumbledore's hold on Petunia [was Re: Lily's Family]

[celestina707]

No: HPFGUIDX 107920

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "celestina707" 
> <stargaz77 at a...> wrote:
> I am not so sure if magical 
> > protection was offered to protect Dudley and Petunia, perhaps only 
> > while Harry is staying at the Dursley household.But I am holding on 
> > to my  theory that its not Lily's blood that is important in this 
> > story, only James and Harry's, and therefore protection while Harry 
> > was away from the Dursley household is moot since Harry isn't there.
> 
> 
> Jen: I don't understand this point, Celestina, because we already 
> know Lily's blood is vitally important for Harry's protection. Do 
> you mean you think the Potter's bloodline will be important for the 
> *rest* of the story as opposed to Lily's origins (and thus Petunia 
> and Dudley's blood as well)? That could definitely be true. Please 
> point me to your theory on this--now I'm curious!



Celestina:  WOOPS!! Gosh leave it to me to leave an incomplete 
thought there!! Okay, we know how vitally important Lily's blood is 
to Harry's protection, it is what has kept him alive in all his 
encounters with V. What I was trying to say, and didn't, was this: 
its my theory that the reason V  tried to kill James and Harry but 
not necessarily Lily, was because I feel that there is a geneology or 
blood link (going back to Gryffindor likely, I hope) that makes Harry 
the one that would have the power to vanquish V. I know this is 
incomplete at this point, because we know from OOTP that V doesn't 
know the complete prophecy (and I am wondering if we don't know the 
whole thing either). 

Now regading Lily. If the importance of killing 
James and Harry was to terminate the bloodline of the one who could 
defeat V, and to assure that if Harry died then James couldn't 
produce another offspring, then the killing of Lily wasn't necessary 
because she is of a different geneaology.  

Having said that, Lily's 
blood is vitally important to Harry's protection, and I truly 
believed it was sealed and intensified when she sacrificed her life 
to save Harry.  But as far as her blood serving as protection to the 
Dursley's household, well I just feel that the Dursleys are no threat 
to V because Lily wasn't a direct threat to V. It was the Potters 
blood that was the threat. As JKR has told us virtually nothing about 
James's background so far in the storyline, I am assuming that the 
reason for this is because it is important to the outcome of the book 
and our final understanding of the V vs Harry plot, and she is 
withholding it because she didn't want to spring it on us too early 
in the series. 

Nevertheless, I do feel that as long as Harry is at 
the Durley household, that the Dursleys would be at risk. But I 
really liked that idea that Lily's protection would extend out to 
Petunia and Dudley as long as Harry was staying with them and that 
perhaps Dumbledore had a hand in this, and when Harry leaves for 
school, that the protection is no longer necessary because he isn't 
there.

Thanks for pointing out that glaring hole, and giving me the chance 
to explain myself further. Sometimes I am trying to get a 
thought out so quickly I forget to explain myself fully!


Celestina