Dumbledore/ and Voldemort and Harry

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 191005



> > Alla:
> > 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?
> >
> > See why I am still confused over this whole subject of "blood"?
> 
Nikkalmati

I am not sure I get it either, and I don't see why it was so important.  I can see that Harry was a Horcrux so he had part of LV's soul in him.  That means as long as LV lived, Harry also lived.  Once LV had the blood protection he should have been able to come to tea with Petunia? <eg>.  I think it means their lives are even more strongly linked and LV cannot kill Harry (but I am not sure how that works).  He can hurt him, however.  
Nikkalmati

> June:
> I don't think it protected Harry in that Voldemort couldn't inflict
> bodily injury on him. It had more to do with Harry being a horcrux.
> I think Dumbledore was already suspicious that Harry was a horcrux
> and knew that Voldemort couldn't properly kill Harry (that if he
> tried, it would be that piece of soul that he would kill) because
> he took Harry's blood.
>
Nikkalmati

As you can see, DD knew Harry was likely a Horcrux at least by the time the Diary was destroyed.  In order to destroy LV, Harry had to die, and DD was planning on making sure that happened.  It was not until the Tri-Wizaard tournament that DD sees the possibility that Harry may live through this.  I'm sure DD was happy about that, but it was not his doing, and he was willing to see Harry killed at the right time and place before there was any hope Harry would survive.  I guess that when he tells Snape (in the Pensieve in DH)that LV must do the killing - that is so Harry will be able to come back.

Nikkalmati