Danger at the Dursleys!!!

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 133593

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jospehine" <J.Z.Dench at u...> 
wrote:
> 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


That does make sense.  So, do you see the protection spell that 
Dumbledore cast as being the same type of protection that Lily 
provided?