Dumbledore/ and Voldemort and Harry

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
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> Well, then he would not have known that Sirius would have end up in Azkaban, wouldn't he since he was asking Hagrid to take Harry *before* Sirius went after Peter?
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> I actually would like to change subject a bit if you do not mind and go back to Voldemort supposedly not being able to harm Harry after he took Harry's blood. Do you think that his torture of Harry *after* he took Harry's blood does not constitute harm either?
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> See why I am still confused over this whole subject of "blood"?
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Pippin:
You are correct, Dumbledore did not know that Sirius would end up in Azkaban. As far as he knew, Sirius (or whoever the traitor might be) was at large and likely to remain so, capable of striking at Harry at any time, or of helping his master to a new body.  

Notice something about the TWT. All of Harry's wizard protectors were present: Dumbledore, the Weasleys, the Ministry of Magic, and Sirius Black, the mighty walls and spells of Hogwarts itself.  

And Harry was snatched out of their midst and forced to watch as human beings were murdered and mutilated, before he he himself was tortured and scarcely escaped with his life. *That* is what you called the "off chance" that Death Eaters might attack him.  It was bad enough that it happened when Harry was almost fifteen, had a wand that was a match for Voldemort's and had learned a bit about how to defend himself. Even so, it changed him forever. 

But what if it had happened when Harry was as young and defenseless as Arianna? Even if he had survived, would he ever have been capable of a normal life again?  I don't think you have to be a cold bastard to feel that Harry had to be protected from that, even if it meant getting a ducking from Dudley and being chased up a tree by Ripper and having to sleep in a cupboard.

As for the blood:
"But if Voldemort used the Killing Curse, " Harry started again, "and nobody died for me this time -- how can I be alive?"
"I think you know," said Dumbledore. "Think back. Remember what he did, in his ignorance, in his greed and his cruelty."
Harry thought <snip> Then the answer rose to his lips easily, without effort.
"He took my blood," said Harry.
"Precisely!" said Dumbledore."He took your blood and rebuilt his living body with it! Your blood in his veins, Harry, Lily's protection inside both of you! He tethered you to life while he lives!"
DH ch 35

Lily's  protection kept Harry from dying when Voldemort attacked him the first time. It kept Harry from being touched by Voldemort, and, thanks to Dumbledore's enchantments, from being touched by Voldemort or any of his servants while Harry lived in the house where his mother's blood dwelt.  From the moment Voldemort took it into his body, he could touch Harry, but it kept Harry from dying while Voldemort lived -- but it had never protected Harry from being hurt, as the scar on Harry's forehead shows. 

Pippin