CHAPDISC3: Protection Lost at 17???

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 142654

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
>
> (Waves a 'thanks!' to Ravenclaw Bookworm, wonders vaguely whether 
> SSSusan and Petra left a few brownies....)
> 
> > Q15:  What is significant about Harry turning 17 or "coming of
> > age" that would cause the protection to end?  
> 
> Jen: JKR said in an interview* after HBP: "That protection won't 
> continue to hold once he is a man, once he turns 17 - he is no 
> longer given that protective aura by his mother.." I thought it must 
> have been the charm Dumbledore performed & Petunia sealed which 
> would expire, but it sounds like something inherent to the ancient 
> magic of the sacrifice.
> 
> (*ITV interview, July 2005)
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Jen

bboyminn:

Lily's protection of Harry expires when Harry turns 17? That doesn't
sound right. I could see the protection Harry gains from Dumbledore's
charm that protects him while he calls the Dursley's home expiring,
that make perfect sense. But I can't see any logical reason why Lily's
sacrifice protection would every expire.

Keep in mind that we can't take JKR's statement in interview as
absolute canon, they are more canon-ish. Frequently she answers
spontaneously and therefore doesn't have time to think her answers
through.

I see what you have quoted, but in the context of the story it simply
doesn't make logical sense to me. People are always confusing and
intermixing Lily's Sacrifice Protection and the Dumbledore's
Protection by Lily's Blood at the Dursley's. Perhaps JKR in a moment
of haste has done the same.

Still don't believe it.

Steve/bboyminn