[HPforGrownups] Perhaps a very simple question?

[Karen Lewellen]

No: HPFGUIDX 192908

You know, doing so in order of the Phoenix might have been the time...save that she did not save Sirius. I still feel that is cruel on top of cruel, leaving Harry no one of his own so to speak. Kare 


> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016, Sandra Lynn cresorchid at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote: 
> As far as I know that question has never been answered by Rowling and I 
> have wondered it myself. In fact, there are some fan fiction stories where 
> that is what happens (Dursley's being murdered). If anyone else has heard a 
> reason why JKR never had Voldemort try that, I would love to hear it. 
> 
> I especially think that the blood protection was questionable after 
> Voldemort used Harry's blood to help create his new body. 
> 
> Crescent 


> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net > [HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote: > 
>> 
>> <snip> Why did not Voldemort just kill Petunia to reach Harry? >> Certainly, even though they treated Harry beyond terribly, their presence >> serves some important purposes for the writer, for the story. Still, it >> would have been rather easy to remove that haven for Harry would it not? >> <snip> cheers, Kare >> >> >