Lily's blood vs James' blood (was: Harry and the Half Brother Prince)

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 103195

danielmorgan wrote:

> > 
> > Maybe the half blood prince is Mark evans, he could be Harry's 
half 
> > brother. Hence the half blood, as for the prince part...I'm 
still 
> > working on that...

Steve/asian_lovr2 responded:

> Unless... James is still alive, has taken his wife's maiden name to
> cover his identity, re-married, and produced Mark. 
..snip..
> Flaws in the plan-
..snip..
> Doesn't a half-brother sort of invalidate the Dursley/Evans Blood
> Protection theory?

I (Laurasia) respond:

Aha! Not even slightly! You see, the only reason Petunia's blood 
made any difference at all to Harry's safety was because Lily died 
to save Harry. Lily's blood which protected Harry from death invoked 
the ancient magic in Petunia's blood.

James does not share Lily's blood. (Unless they are siblings, in 
which case their marriage takes a whole new meaning.) Meaning, no 
matter if James was actually alive, Harry being in his presence 
would do absolutely nothing to protect him from Voldemort. Until 
James dies to protect Harry, his blood is worthless... It is only 
blood relatives of Lily who can invoke the 'ancient magic.' Even if 
Dumbledore is James' father, there will be no ancient magic blood 
protection invoked because it was *Lily* who died to protect Harry. 

If James really has taken his wife's maiden name etc, then there is 
a valid reason why Harry can't live with him- Harry is protected 
from the evil sorceror with his Aunt, and *not* with anyone else.

~<(Laurasia)>~