Bob Schroeck Wrote:As for 1, well, Dumbledore had some idea what he'd put Harry into, vis-a-vis his aunt's family and their attitudes -- he did admit and apologize for that in the denouement of one of the books, though I can't remember which one.I don't remember this, he apologized for keeping Harry in the dark about the Prophecy in book 5 and then for not telling Harry about the Hallows in book 7.
Quote:khagler wrote:Actually, if you look at it Voldemort was defeated by HIMSELF. He even alluded to it in book 4 (at the graveyard) when he talks about old magic he forgot about. Remember, when Voldemort attacked he told her she didn't have to die, all she had to do was stand aside. This was an offer from Voldemort, brought about because Snape asked him to spare her. Lily then counters with "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead". When Voldemort kills Lily he then accepted her counter offer. When he then attempts to kill Harry the magic of the "contract" blasted back at him and almost killed him. It was only his Horcruxes that kept him as a spirit. The blood wards only worked because the "contract" between Voldemort and Harry, through Lily's offer was transferable to Harry's blood relative.
It was supposed to be based on what his mother did to defeat Voldemort,
and never claimed to work on anyone else. That means it was irrelevant
when Voldemort didn't have a body, and became useless when he got a new
one that bypassed those protections.
Also, they had to mean something or Voldemort would have been able to get access to Harry in the house anytime after the graveyard. All Voldemort would have had to do was walk up to the house and kill everyone. Something he'd been shown as having no problem doing. The protection did wear down over the year while Harry was not in the house. That is why, in my opinion, the most damaging attacks on Harry took place at/near the end of the school year. Before he was sent back to "recharge" the protections.