Blood Protection - DD's best option

[Cyril A Fernandes]

No: HPFGUIDX 158974

> a_svirn:
> And just how does everybody know that Voldemort is missing? Aurors
> wouldn't have known anything on the matter, as for death eaters why
> on earth would they want to spread any rumours? To what purpose?
> Surely without Voldemort they are less fearsome and more vulnerable.
> If anything, they would want to keep his disappearance in secret for
> as long as possible. And how do you think did they set about
> spreading rumours without compromising themselves?



Cyril:
As I mentioned in my last post (#158847), the reason that the WW knows
of the quick downfall of LV is because he leaves his *dead* body behind.




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> >
> > Pippin:
> > For your premises to be valid, a less flawed means of protection
> > must exist.
>
> a_svirn:
> I'd say Fidelius is no more flawed, than the blood protection. If
> Dumbledore had problems with trusting people he could make himself a
> secret-keeper.
>

Cyril here...

Well, I also thought of the Fidelius being a better option. Esp if DD
was the Secret Keeper. But DD's objective was to provide Harry a life
protected as well as normal, as normal as he was able to provide.
With these objectives - the FC has a couple of difficulties.

a) If DD uses the Fidelius, then instead of Harry being away from the
WW, he would be away from all worlds, WW and RW, hidden from everyone.

b) Sure, DD could always tell those close to James and Lily (people
expected to be Harry's wellwishers) the secret - therefore allowing
him only a small circle of friends. However, I do not see this as a
better option for Harry in any way.
First - it means that he would not have a life of his own - it would
be completely controlled by DD, without any choices.
Second - there is always the threat that one of these friends would be
the Spy and be able to hurt or kill Harry. James was betrayed by a friend.

So, the FC surely does not seem like a better option, with these flaws
inherent within it.

So, DD use the Blood Protection to provide Harry a level of safety
from LV and his DE's. It was not used to provide protection from
other's (both from WW and RW). At the same time - DD does what he can
to provide Harry with as normal a life as he can till he turns 11.

What do we know about the protection? IMO, very little really.

a) That LV or his followers (e.g. Quirell) cannot touch Harry without
being themselves hurt.

b) It provides protection as long as he can call Privet Drive his
home. The proof here is in the pudding so to speak. Given that LV or
his DE's have never ever tried to harm Harry at this location is proof
enough for me that it works. LV himself says that even he cannot touch
HP at Privet Drive. And as someone else posted earlier, them means
that not him or his DE's can harm Harry here.

c) IMO, there are other demonstrations of the Blood Protection. THe
Blood Protection is based on Love as much if not more that it is based
on blood. And this LOVE provides Harry more protection than probably
even he knows.

LV cannot possess Harry because of the Love within him, as LV found
out to his surprise in the MoM battle. Is this a facet of the Blood
Protection - just speculation on my part, but more likely than just a
general power of love that anyone may have, and would not be unique to
Harry.

We have also seen Harry getting protected from Vernon who got quite a
shock when he was holding Harry around the neck.

Another example of this power being demonstrated is when Harry faced
the Dementors in PoA, near the lake. He know he had done it and was
therefore able to drive the Dementors away. But. IMO, the root of that
ability was LOVE, which enabled a 13-year wizard to drive away
numerous dementors.

Sure there have been events that placed Harry in mortal danger over
the last six years (at least), and Blood Protection did not provide
him with any help there. But I do not see what other magic DD has
which could have guaranteed Harry 100% safety, when DD could not
provide the same to Harry's parents or even to himself.

All we know is that the sacrifice that Lily made was so great that the
AK cuse which had no countercurse was in fact rebounded onto its
originator. That is surely very strong magic, something that even DD
cannot beat, as demonstrated by Fawkes having to swallow the AK curse
fired by LV on DD in the MoM.

As of now, I have not seen any viable option provided to DD other than
the Blood Protection.

Cyril - who truly believes that DD had very few cards to play with
that hight... and decided to play his Aces.