Danger at the Dursleys!!!

[Jospehine]

No: HPFGUIDX 133578

drjuliehoward at y... wrote:
> Now that Dumbledore is dead, the magic that protected from Harry at 
> the Dursley's is lost.  (Once Dumbledore died, "Harry realized he 
> could move again" HBP US. page 597).  LV probably would know this.  
> Harry has an established pattern of returning to the Dursley's at 
the  end of the school year.  What better place to attack him?  

jozoed now:
I think there is a distinct difference between the two spells that 
Dumbledore cast. The one binding Harry at the end of HBP needed 
Dumbledore to be 'holding' the spell, and therefore holding Harry. 
Once Dumbledore died, so did his concentration on the spell. Much 
like when someone is summoning a broomstick with 'accio'. If you lose 
concentration, the broomstick won't get to you.

However, the protection spell that Dumbledore placed on the Dursleys 
was a much deeper magic, based on blood ties and love. It was a 
permanent spell with a definite 'expiry date'- a.k.a. when Harry 
turns 17. The spell had already been cast- where as the binding charm 
on Harry was in the process of being cast.

At least that's my take on it!
jozoed