Fees for Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 179389

> Alla:

> I did not get the impression that James was leaving cloak with 
> Dumbledore for a long term - just for a couple days to take a look at.
> 
> And I thought Harry was WAY too kind telling Dumbledore that if they 
> had cloak it would be no difference. I think they would have some 
> chance to hide ( at least one of them) and maybe even with Harry and 
> run.
> 
Pippin:
LOL! "He could hear her screaming from the upper floor" "listening
with faint amusement to her attempts to barricade herself in" --
Voldemort didn't  see where Lily went, he *heard* her.  She 
panicked. The cloak wouldn't have prevented that.

Alla:
> I am afraid I remain very convinced that Potters wanted Dumbledore to 
> stay as far away from their son's future.

Pippin:
They didn't quit the Order and they lent Dumbledore the cloak  they 
did not think they would need because they  trusted in the spell which 
*Dumbledore* said was their best chance.  Nowhere does 
canon say that they rejected Dumbledore as secret keeper because
they didn't trust him. It was more about showing faith in Sirius than 
in doubting Dumbledore, IMO.

> Alla:
> 
> It is Dumbledore's authority to **MAKE** those decisions I question, 
> not his reasons.
> 
> Although to keep Harry's alive to make sure he is dead later does not 
> strike me as very reasonable and in Harry's best interests either.

Pippin:
What authority did Sirius have to go after Pettigrew? And did he
plan on taking Harry with him, like Dumbledore would have taken
Ariana when he and Grindelwald staged their uprising?

It can't be in Harry's interest to live in a world dominated by Voldemort.
And let's not forget, Lily and James were proud of what Harry had done 
and supportive of what he meant to do, which is no more creepy, IMO, 
than any other parents sending their children to war. 


Alla:
> Oh and even at the end of DH we did not see blood protection working, 
> no?

Pippin:
We do see it work.  Voldemort did not  attack until the
protection was deliberately broken, despite knowing when and where to 
strike.

Pippin