Dumbledore's love protection

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 162370

---  "rduran1216" <rduran1216 at ...> wrote:
>
> How does Dumbledore's charm work, the one he invoked 
> when he left Harry with his only living relative? Is it
> an absolute protection up to his 17th birthday, or is 
> it just a protection within the house that is subject 
> to change?
> 
> Rduran1216
>

bboyminn:

Well, we have discussed this in the past but the only
real conclusion we could ever reach was 'we don't know'.

But there are some basic facts we do know. I seems the
charm was placed on Harry, but it is tied to the Dursley's
house. It is when Harry is at the place where his mother
blood dwells, there he can not be harmed, or words to
that effect. But only so long as he can call that place
'home'; more on that later.

So, it seems the protection is strongest within the 
Dursley house. I believe that also included the yard.
Form that central location, I speculate that it fades
as Harry moves father away. 

As mentioned above, the key to maintaining the protection
is that Harry must call the place where his mother's 
blood dwell 'home'. That is way Dumbledore wants Harry to
return one last time to the Dursleys, because by agreeing
to do so, he extends the protection for one more year. If
Harry had said he was never returning to the Dursley's 
again, then he could no longer call it home, and the
spell would have been broken.

I believe that the protection extends to the Dursley's
house even when Harry isn't there. So, in a sense, since
Harry will be gone from that point on, Dumbledore is 
really extending the protection of the Dursleys, but also
insuring that the protection will be there should 
emergency circumstance arise in which Harry needs absolute
protection. In that case, he could be returned to the 
Durley's and would have that absolute protection. So, it
pays for Dumbledore to extend the protection for another
year. 

>From what the books tell us, the protection will expire
when Harry turns 17, this is, becomes an adult in the
wizard world. I think the reason for that is the 
concept of 'home' changes when you become an adult. Even
if as an adult, Harry were to live at the Dursley's, it
wouldn't so much be as a family member, but more as a 
boarder or guest. It is subtle, but none the less, I
assert that the concept of 'home' changes when you become
an adult; sort of the difference between their home and 
my home. As an adult, Harry will create a home of his own.

So, the spell is continually renewed as long as Harry
returns to the Dursleys, that is, calls it home, but when
he becomes an adult the spell expires regardless of where
Harry lives.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboymin