Blood Protection/Dumbledore and Harry

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 158599

> Leah:
> >  A will is an imperfect document made in
> > circumstances known to the testator at the time.  If I'd 
appointed
> > X guardian of my children and X then murdered me, I might have a
> > fleeting moment of regret for my appointment.

a_svirn:
Or you'd feel nothing at all if X did a clean job of it. But your 
example does not apply since Sirius was innocent. 

> Random832:
> 
> For that, we need to remember the reason we were given for his
> placement with the Dursleys before we'd ever heard of blood
> protection: to keep him ignorant of the wizarding world. I think 
one
> reason it's often overlooked is because it's a lot less noble a
> purpose than protecting him from harm, so it doesn't fit with the
> "epitome of goodness" thing. But it was something that DD was 
trying
> to do, and it might well have been a significant factor in his
> decision.

a_svirn:
Exactly. Especially since Dumbledore went to considerable lengths to 
plant that boy-who-lived image. It was thanks to his skilful PR 
campaign Harry became a celebrity; and he used the fact as another 
justification for his decision.