[HPforGrownups] Re: New Inconsistency - Shell Cottage

[Meliss9900 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 176395

 
In a message dated 8/28/2007 8:13:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
aceworker at yahoo.com writes:

First  what we have to remember is that the Fidelius charm on Griimauld place 
was  cast by by Dumbledore. The Fidelus charm at Shell cottage is put on by 
Bill.  Anything done by Dumbledore is going to have more bells and whistles and 
be  stronger than Bill's work, decent wizard thoug he is. 

Bills Fidelus is  just not as 'secret as Dumbledore's'Bills Fidelus is  just 
not as 'secret as Dumbledore's'<WBR>. We see no evidence for instance  th


I have to disagree with this.  
 
In the 1st place the only reason that Dumbledore wrote the name of  Grimmauld 
Place down was because he was avoiding personal contact with  Harry for most 
of  OOTP.  He was afraid that LV would be able to  "spy" on their 
conversations via the "scar connection."  DD, (I feel  confident in stating) would have 
been very worried about communicating this  info to Harry verbally on the chance 
that LV was eavesdropping.  (although why he thought he could write the name 
down and not worry about LV  seeing through Harry's eyes is beyond me, I guess 
that JKR had to  have a way of providing Harry the Information and this fit 
with the   avoiding contact theme she was starting.
 
We also have no canon showing the Fidelius Charm's potency depends on  the 
strength of the wizard casting it. If this were the case then I  doubt it would 
be presented as being the best manner of hiding throughout  the series. We 
also don't know if the caster has to be the secret keeper or  (if as in the 
unbreakable vow) a second party must cast the spell. Ex. Was  Bill able to cast the 
spell on Shell cottage making himself the secret  keeper or did Arthur have 
to do it to make Bill the secret keeper.
 
Melissa



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