02-07-2023, 11:47 PM
(02-04-2023, 04:42 PM)Kyng Wrote: I did search for answers, and one of them was this Quora post, which claims that "Lily Potter gave her life to protect Harry’s. That sacrifice cast a powerful protection which could only be replicated at the Dursley’s because Petunia was the only other blood relative Harry had". However, that still sounds like a contrived ad hoc rationalisation, rather than a well-founded argument
Actually, the more I think about this, I don't even think it qualifies as a "contrived ad hoc rationalisation"... I think it's just total BS.
In Philosopher's Stone, Quirrell was unable to touch Harry, because his mother's sacrifice protected him. But he wasn't at the Dursleys' house when that happened.
And in Deathly Hallows, when he survived Avada Kedavra in the Forbidden Forest... again, his mother's sacrifice saved him, and he wasn't in the Dursleys' house.
And besides, if Petunia is so important - then can't they just move her to Hogwarts? Even though she's a Muggle, she already knows of the wizarding world, thanks to being Lily's sister. Sure, she'd have to split from Vernon and Dudley - but the Ministry could modify their memories quite easily, to make them forget they ever knew her

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