Harry Potter

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I just realised something that I wouldn't have if I hadn't read GoF after reading OotP. Dumbledore points out in OotP that Harry is protected by an ancient sort of magic that Voldemort underestimates. There even is a room inside the Department of Mysteries filled with this magic.

In GoF, Harry is reading up on dragons and it says this: "Dragons are extremely difficut to slay, owing to the ancient magic that imbues their thick hides, which none but the most powerful spells can penetrate..."

Is this what is protecting Harry? Is it the same sort of magic that saved him from Voldemort's spell? Rowling likes dragons, look at the creed on Hogwarts crest: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus" (never tickle a sleeping dragon). Is that what Voldemort did when he tried to kill Harry? Part of Harry's power seems to come from Voldemort's failure. So did he tickle a sleeping dragon and wake up something he can not control?

Comments

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

Oooh! :) Interesting theory!

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Isn't it? I was staring at the sentence and started bouncing. Of course, I might be completely wrong, but it would so kick ass if Rowling actually already had hints to what protected Harry in her earlier books.

[debs7.livejournal.com]

I also noticed during my current rereading of Order of the Pheonix that Harry can do some magic without his wand - during the bit with Dudley and the Dementors he dropped his wand and couldn't find it but when he said Lumos the wand tip still lit up. I wonder if that is of any importance?

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I'm not sure. Harry has always been able to make things happen when he was a little boy (like making the glass disappear at the zoo and even inflating his auntie). Hagrid seemed to think it was normal as it seems all kids can do things that they don't need a wand for.

[angst-angel.livejournal.com]

And here I was, just grouching on the fact that at the end of GoF, Harry still didn't see the thestrals. ;)

Interesting theory, bunny. :)

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Oh! Plothole! I'm not that far yet.

Thanks *beams*