Two Questions

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 112620

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Casey" <caseylane at w...> wrote:
> My first is about Harry's blood protection. It gets, more or less, 
> renewed by staying with the Dursley's. That's why DD keeps sending 
> him back, even though it isn't the best place for him now.
> 
> Since LV got Harry's blood to get the same protection, won't it 
> expire unless he spends time with Petunia or Dudley? 

Actually, I think that the implication is (and I just finnished a 
reread of Order last night) that while LV might be able to touch 
Harry now, Harry is still safe in the Dursley's home. Both, if I am 
interpreting this correctly, from LV and LV's followers, who were 
the biggest danger to Harry's life right after the Godric's Hollow 
attack. I am paraphrasing, but DD said that as long as Harry can 
call Privet Drive home and return there at least once a year, he 
will still be protected there. This is, also if I am interpreting 
things correctly, conditional on Aunt Petunia (and possibly Dudley) 
staying alive. JKR said that Harry is looking at his shortest stay 
on Privet Drive in book six, but even so I don't really think that 
Harry will be in as bad a mental state as last summer at all. After 
all, Moody promised communications every three days. And the war has 
begun, so there's gotta be stuff going down, which will prevent 
Harry from his feelings of uselessness and inaction which made him 
so miserable last summer. Just my thoughts.
Meri - poping out of her lurkdom of late...