Harry's memories of that night at Godric's Hollow (was Re: Petunia and Dementors)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147886

Jen D.:
> Hi there, Ceridwen,
> I am not arguing with you about this but I just can't imagine why 
DD 
> wouldn't have wanted to go into Harry's memory and retrieve 
anything 
> that might have been there from that night at Godric's Hollow. Are 
> you saying that now that Harry has had the experiences of seeing 
> others' memories in the pensieve, that he'll somehow find a way to 
> go back into his own?

Ceridwen:
I don't know why Dumbledore didn't try to retrieve Harry's memory.  
And, I don't know that Dumbledore didn't retrieve it, study it, then 
put it back.  We don't know much about Godrick's Hollow at all, who 
was there, what precisely happened, or where Harry was for a day 
between.  All we can do is come up with suggestions and hope they're 
plausible.

But, I expect that if Dumbledore didn't go in and take a look at Baby!
Harry's memory, then it might have been because it would be better to 
let it sink into oblivion, be repressed, in his mind until he was 
strong enough and old enough to handle it.  Maybe it was buried so 
deep that only a jar as strong as the Dementors could bring it 
forward.  Just guessing on my part here.

Maybe Harry, or Hermione or Ron, will think about the way memories 
can be viewed, and think of going back in Harry's memory.  They can 
visit the site, but since it was destroyed, there will be little 
physical evidence left, and if there had been, someone might have 
picked it up - Aurors, any DEs left when LV vaporized.  With time 
alone it will have changed a lot.  So, a visit to GH as it is now, 
and a trip back in time via the Penseive?  Maybe, to get all possible 
angles.

Ceridwen.