His mother's eyes (was: Ahha!! I've got it... Harry's eyes/TT/ LV mortality)

[ms_luna_knows]

No: HPFGUIDX 121987


---> Ms. Luna said:
>   The question I have deals with DD sealing the charm 
> > himself by placing Harry with the Dursley's.  If Lily's charm is 
> activated to the extent that it protects baby Harry from an AK 
> curse, why would DD need to *seal* it by placing Harry 
> > with the Dursley's?  Seems to me that the charm Lily put on Harry 
> would have been sufficient to protect Harry through his young years 
> without having to put him through the neglect he endured at the 
> hands of the Dursley's.
> 
> Tonks replies:
> 
> Let's tweak this just a bit. Say that DD being a very wise and 
> powerful wizard, the best in his time is the one that puts the charm 
> on Harry. DD heard the prophecy, waited for the end of July, knows 
> that 2 babies are born. He talks to both set of parents. He puts a 
> special charm involving old magic, a magic only a few know, on both 
> boys. He does it like a priest does when baptizing a child. Instead 
> of the mark of the cross, he uses the rune symbol. Both children 
> have the charm and the invisible symbol on their foreheads. It takes 
> the death of a blood relative, *freely given* to activate it. When 
> LV attempts to kill Harry and the killing curse hits Harry, the mark 
> becomes visible.  
> 
> Since the protection involves the blood of the victim (Lily), the 
> child must continue to live with a blood relative of Lily. This is 
> why DD puts Harry with the Dursleys, or more specifically, Petunia.
> 
> Tonks_op

Very good  Tonks....the *tweaking* has helped clear out the cobwebs a bit.  What an 
intriguing theory!  I can picture in my mind old DD performing the charm...he looks much 
like an old priest!    One more question though..Why didn't DD tell Harry that he had 
placed this charm on him, or encouraged his parents to perform it,  and that this charm is 
why his scar is shaped like it is at the end of OoTP?  It seems like information that Harry 
could have understood and accepted, much like the information DD told him there at the 
end of OoTP.

Ms. Luna