[HPforGrownups] Harry's alleged debt to Dumbledore and Snape WAS: Re: Chapter Discussion

Bart Lidofsky bart at moosewise.com
Tue Jul 12 00:41:30 UTC 2011


No: HPFGUIDX 190861


>> Bart:
>>       I am referring to AK before King's Cross. Yes, it was confusing,
>> but to a number of us here, it is absolutely key to the color of
>> Dumbledore's actions.
> Alla:
>
> What I always found confusing is what taking Harry's blood in did to Voldemort. Dumbledore gives the shpill about Voldemort's body keeping her sacrifice alive and I always found it wierd, wasn't the whole point of her blood allegedly protecting Harry at Dursleys is that it is alive where her blood dwells?.
>
> So we can go forward now? :)

Bart:
Here's what I (and many others) have gathered: Morty thought that using 
Harry's blood to revive his body will remove the protection keeping him 
from touching Harry. It did. However, what it also did was put him 
inside the umbrella of protection, so it prevented him from HARMING 
Harry. That is why, when Morty zapped Harry in the Flight of the 
Harry's, Harry's wand appeared to defend him on its own accord; it was 
actually the blood link that caused it.

Morty could still kill Harry by allowing someone other than himself to 
deal the fatal blow, and certainly he was going to finally allow that, 
or someone would get overeager. Unless Morty was defeated, Harry was a 
dead man. The only way for Harry to defeat Morty was to get rid of his 
piece of the Mortysoul. Now, what kind of spell would destroy the 
Mortysoul without destroying Harry in the process? The blood protection 
was the key: by having Harry open himself up to the AK attack, he would 
expose the Mortysoul while the blood would protect him. Afterwards, he 
knew that he could kill Morty, but Morty could not kill him; this is why 
he could afford to give Morty one last chance to repent.

That is why most of us think that Dumbledore saved Harry; he only made 
Harry THINK he was sacrificing himself, in order to ensure Harry's victory.

     Bart





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