Capt DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood - Battle of the Century

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 182920

---  "houyhnhnm102" <celizwh at ...> wrote:
>
> Jerri:
> 
> > While I find it a reasonable explanation of the 
> > Tottenham Court Road issue, I have a problem with 
> > the "Taboo" as a whole. ...
> 
> houyhnhnm:  
> 
> It was one of the minor irritations that caused me 
> to be dissatisfied with DH.  ...  If it was possible 
> to jinx a name in that way, the most powerful wizard 
> of his age should have known it. ...
> 

bboyminn:

On the general theme of new magic revealing itself or old
magic being revealed in new way, there was was particular
aspect that caught my eye and to some extent pulled me
out of the story.

First, let us examine the 'Taboo' and Ron's explanation of
it in light of the Snatchers finding them on the camping
trip after Harry inadvertently say Voldemort's name.

Now supposedly according to Ron and according to their
experience with the Snatchers, when the name is spoken,
the person speaking the name can be traced AND all
protective enchantments around them break. 

It wouldn't have been enough for the Snatchers to be able
to trace Harry's location is, once the got there, they 
couldn't see or find the encampment. So, Hermione's
protections had to break.

Now after this horrible experience with the Snatchers and
being brought to Malfoy Manor, and Dobby eventually dying,
you would think Harry would learn his lesson, but no, at
Hogwarts, in the Ravenclaw Common Room, Harry says the 
name 'Voldemort'. 

If what we have been told is true, then at that moment, Harry
became traceable AND all the protective enchantment guarding
Hogwarts BROKE.

Remember earlier in the series, we were told that Hogwarts
has the protective enchantments of a countless succession of
Headmasters. That is a lot of accumulative protection. Some
of those protective enchantments were centuries old. Poof!
Gone in a careless second.

Now, Prof. Flitwick began to restore or replace those 
enchantments soon after, but the enchantments he knows and
was able to place could never equal centuries of the best
enchantments of the best Headmasters.

It seems a very foolish thing for Harry to have done, 
especially when he knows the greatest battle of the Century
is about to unfold. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn