Privet Drive (was Harry and starvation)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 123633


Dungrollin:
> Yeah, that was the only reason I could come up with too - that DD 
> wants a place of last resort where Harry will be safe. But it seems 
> so unsatisfactory.
> 
> Harry is clearly *not* safe at Privet Drive; he's already been 
> attacked by Dementors there, and now the Dementors have left 
> Azkaban and (presumably) abandoned the Ministry and rejoined You-
> Know-Who, he's even less safe there. 
> 
> I'm not convinced that Harry *is* better protected at Privet Drive 
> than he is at GP; there's no secret-keeper for Privet Drive, anyone 
> who wants to get at Harry just has to wait until he leaves the 
> house, and then there's nobody (apart from an unreliable crook and 
> a squib) to protect him.  At least at GP they wouldn't be able to 
> see the house in the first place, and there is always guaranteed to 
> be a trained witch/wizard nearby.
> 
> But, on the point you made that it's worth having a last resort, I 
> suppose I have to agree.  I just don't like it much, the benefits 
> don't seem to outweigh the costs and risks.


SSSusan:
This is why I'm becoming more & more convinced that there is a two-
way protection thing going on -- that DD must have offered protection 
to Petunia, and that Harry returns to Privet Drive to renew his own 
protection *and* to renew theirs.

'Course, I hesitate to suggest this too boldly onlist, because I 
suspect the possibility that this is true & that DD has kept mum on 
it to Harry will only FURTHER annoy those who are angry with DD for 
what they see as toying with Harry, for considering him as a weapon 
rather than as a boy.

Siriusly Snapey Susan