Harry and starvation

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 123584


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin"
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:

> 
> Dungrollin:
> DD's the secret-keeper for the Order, and he's not going to be 
> intimidated into revealing the location of 12GP. And Sirius says "My 
> father put every security measure known to wizardkind on it when he 
> lived here. It's unplottable [...] and now Dumbledore's added his 
> protection, you'd be hard put to find a safer house anywhere." 
> 
> I've never found a satisfactory reason for this continued protection 
> at Privet Drive malarkey. If Grimmauld Place isn't safe, why does 
> Harry get to stay there for a month? If it is safe, then why does 
> Harry have to go back to Privet Drive at all? 
> 
> Yes, yes, to renew the blood protection - so that he can still call 
> Privet Drive 'home'.  But why not call 12GP 'home' if it's as safe?

bboyminn:

Just because you have a new fortress doesn't mean you burn down the
old one, and just because the old fortress exists doesn't mean the new
one is worthless.

In otherword, cover all the bases and seek the middle ground.

Harry has the ulitmate protection at the Dursleys, no one can touch
him there, but as time goes on, that 'fortress', while remaining very
effective, becomes somewhat less practical.

Grimmauld Place is well protect and safe. It has all the protections
placed on it by the Black family over the years, and now it has the
Secret Keeper's Charm protecting it. In addition, there are wizards
and witches at Grimmauld Place who are able to protect Harry in case
of emergency. 

So, indeed Grimmauld Place is safe, but not as safe as the Dursley's
which is shielded by the Blood Protection Charm. That said, the
Dursley's protected environment does have other disadvantages.
Grimmauld place, while not quite as safe, is far more practical. So
each place has it's pluses and minuses.

But it would be foolish to not place Harry at the Dursley's for at
least a couple of weeks a year until he is 'of age'. It would be
foolish to throw away the safety of the Blood Protection Charm when it
can be maintained at such a small price.

I think that is part of the motivation of the intervention at the end
of OotP. They realize that it's becoming more impractical to keep
Harry at the Dursley's, none the less that is his place of greatest
protection. So, now they are just maintaining it as a token. 

I'm not saying that was the sole reason. Given the trama and loss
Harry has recently suffered, it's reasonable for the Order and Friends
to not want Harry to suffer any more. I suspect THAT is the primary
reason. 

But, I think they are foolish if they abandon the level of protection
Harry has at the Dursleys. So, now part of the reason that Harry's
stay will be the shortest, is because, his continued presents there
only servers to preserve the Blood Protection. Beyond that, his
presents at Grimmauld Place or any other secure place in the wizard
world is very safe, and far more practical and functional.

In each book, Harry is pulling farther away from the Dursley's and
become more integrated into the wizard world. He is gradually coming
of age as a wizard, and from a practical stand point, the Dursley's
becomes less important. But when Harry has his greatest level of
pretection at the Dursley's, it would be poor strategy to abondon that
and let the Blood Charm be broken. There may come a time when things
get so bad that Harry and friends have to retreat to the safe, but
annoying, haven of the Dursley's.

Just at thought.

Steve/bboyminn