[HPforGrownups] My Pet Snape Theory (Long)

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 130325

wherr009 wrote:
> Very good theory, but I have a couple of questions for people a little bit
more in the known than I.  Who performed the Fidelis (sp?) charm to hide the
potters?  Was it James or Lily or
> someone else?  If it was James or Lily then when they died is it possible
that the charm was lifted and everybody could see GH?  Just a couple of
things I am curious about.

Hagrid admits that he didn't know that the Potters were concealed by the
Fidelius.

As a result, if the spell had still been in force, he couldn't have found
the place to rescue Harry. Therefore the spell must have disappeared by that
point.

The "proof positive that Voldemort had gone" (to satisfy the Ministry and
the media) must have been given by an eyewitness who must have been
sufficiently close to see it happen but sufficiently distant not to have
intervened. Therefore the spell must have disappeared by that point.

My bet is that it dissipated when James fought Voldemort (at the threshold,
given the magical implications of such places) and died. There would (I
suspect) have been some physical damage to the house at that point, also.

hwyl

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