Godricks Hollow location and Secret Keeping business

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 148670

bboyminn:
> If the Potters themselves are the secret, then we should be able to
> see their house and their graves. Only there bodies would be
> hidden; bodies, but not the graves or the house. Just one problem,
> Harry is a Potter and should therefore still be protected by the 
> Secret Keeper Charm, yet we can see him. That means that the
> Potters themselves were probably not the subject of the secret.

Jen: Harry is a Potter, and also one who changed form after the 
curse-that-failed. What if due to the transfer of powers (or Harry 
is a horcrux if preferable) the Fidelius was broken for Harry? In 
magical terms he wasn't the same person afterward. This is a 
critical part of the story that Harry changed that night in some 
sense, and may be part of the reason why Dumbledore and others are 
so intent on reminding him his true self is James' and Lily's son 
and he is like *them*, not Voldemort. I'm not sure a magical charm 
like the Fidelius would be as discerning as a human, though.

Amiable Dorsai:
> This brings to mind an old question, what is the importance of the
> name of the the charm--"Fidelius"?
> 
> The obvious root is "fidelitas" faithfulness. What if the charm
> requires just that, fidelity?
> 
> Perhaps, when Peter violated the trust placed in him by spilling
> the secret to Voldemort, he broke the charm entirely. 

Jen: I like this option. Seems like it could be a form of love magic 
if Dumbledore believed so faithfully in it he suggested it to the 
Potters. 

Wonder if there's any implication for the Unbreakable in this idea? 
It's based on distrust, seems like. 

Jen