Hogwarts Teachers - Lockhart (was History at Hogwarts) (was Re: Wizard Persecution )

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 126252


> > I agree that the whole blood protection thing is so riddled with
> > unanswered questions (e.g. exactly what did DD say to Petunia?),
> > plot holes (e.g. why don't the DEs just kill Harry while he's
out
> of
> > the house at Muggle primary school?),
>
> GEO: And would the Death Eaters under Lucius Malfoy be able to
find
> where Harry was staying considering their disdain and contempt of
> the muggle world? Plus according to the prophecy only Voldemort
can
> kill Harry however if the Death Eaters were to kill him then the
> prophecy would be proven to be false.



Well, the Ministry certainly knows where Harry is, and Lucius has a
lot of "good friends" there. A few galleons here and there would
bring in some quite useful information.

I think Dumbledore would disagree with your interpretation of the 
prophecy.  Why would he say Harry was "in more danger than anyone 
but I appreciated?" from rogue DEs after his parents' deaths if the 
only person who could kill Harry was (temporarily) gone?  And if he 
is afraid of OTHER things the DEs could do, once again it puts holes 
in the Blood Protection.  Lucius seems to have any number of people 
under his thumb at the Ministry, and the Ministry knows where Harry 
is.  Just stake out the house under an invisibility cloak, wait 
until the boy leaves to go to school, and kill/kidnap/maim, whatever.

Now, if the Blood Protection would have protected Harry while he was 
at primary school, then JKR still has some major 'splainin' to do.  
Just how far does this protection go?  And why were the Dementors 
able to attack Harry in OOTP?



>
> and character contradictions
> > (e.g. an "epitome of goodness" who appears to be extremely
> tolerant
> > of child abuse) as to be a major, major problem.
>
> GEO: Again what would you have Dumbledore do? The choice of giving
> him to the Dursleys seems better than any imagined alternatives
> especially after Godric's Hollow.

I disagree strongly and vehemently. At the very least DD should
have sent Petunia a Howler saying "let Harry out of the closet or
spend the next week as a mushroom." Of course, now that I think of
it that would have been a slight on the Fungus Kingdom.


Lupinlore