Dumbledore the Counselor (was: Dumbledore the General)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 124409



> Julie replies:
> I agree knowing that someone who should love you does not love
> you leaves an emotional scar. ... snip... 
> It's also not uncommon, and often appears in  
> blatant favoritism a parent, ... snip... I can never understand 
how people can do that in good conscience. 
>

Valky:
Nor I Julie. But my point is further on.
 

Julie:
> him with adequate food and shelter, and an education. Whether DD
> knew about sleeping in closets and such, I don't know. But I do
> believe Dumbledore knew Harry would survive it all without serious
> emotional damage. 



Valky:
He may have, but I would like to offer up that DD rested a good deal 
of faith in that Harry was the one with the power to defeat the Dark 
Lord.... 
In any case as long as he survuved there was a chance even if he was 
emotionally neglected for ten years, OTOH Harry's chance of survival 
came down to a very short list of choices. 

*One* choice long, I believe.



Julie:
> After all, Harry was the progeny of two strong-
> willed, self-possessed parents and received 16 months of devotion 
> from those loving parents. One could reasonably expect Harry to 
> have received the benefit of both factors. 

Valky:
Yes I am sure that this will be revealed as a crucial point, that 
the faint imprint, genetic & historical, of Lily and James that 
resided in Harry was more powerful than the Dursleys, and that DD 
knew that this would shield him emotionally for a while during his 
stay there. 

Heres a proposition.....
Do you suppose a mother like Lily could leave her child bare to the 
world unarmed if she could magically endow him with some kind of 
lingering warmth from her and his father first?
I'm thinking maybe a potion, maybe a Charm.