Dumbledore/ and Voldemort and Harry

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
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> I am (after pretty much giving up initially) only trying to understand what happened after Voldemort took Harry's blood, or even more specifically, what does taking Harry's blood in means for Voldemort and Harry connection. I get that Lily's protection kept Harry from dying in Godric Hollow. Bart seemed to argue that Voldemort taking Harry's blood in means that Voldemort could not harm him, or did I misunderstand and he could harm him as much as he wanted as long as he was not killing Harry? How does scar on Harry's forehead show anything if Voldemort did not take Harry's blood in yet when he was a baby? 
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> If Voldemort having Harry's blood in meant for him that he can touch Harry, but cannot kill him, doesn't intent count? Shouldn't he not be able to torture Harry because surely he was torturing Harry with intent to kill? I think this is very murky issue personally, By the way, thank goodness for movie at least making the Elder wand issue very clear for me, I think JKR should have hired them to clarify blood issue too lol. Now thats my only confusion left, I am at least clear in my head how the stick was changing masters lol.

Pippin:
The way I understand it, initially Lily's protection in Harry's blood protected him from dying from Voldemort's AK as a baby. It did not stop Voldemort from hurting him with magic, thus the slash in Harry's forehead. It did stop Voldemort from touching Harry physically.  

When Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort tried to touch Harry, Quirrell was burned. But Peter, bearing the Dark Mark but not possessed, had no problem tying Harry up or cutting him with a knife. 

Once Voldemort had taken Harry's blood and rebuilt his body with it, he could touch Harry. He could also still torture Harry with spells. 

 But he  couldn't *kill* Harry, I am not sure anyone could, as long as Harry's blood in Voldemort's veins tethered Harry to earth and Voldemort was protected by his horcruxes.

I am not sure what would have happened if Voldemort had  destroyed Harry's body -- in that case Harry might have chosen to "go on"  rather than try to exist in a vaporous form like Voldemort. 

Pippin