Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
Camilla Send a noteboard - 18/07/2010 05:51:36 PM
Disregard my initial explanation, there is no inconsistency!
In the Potters' case, they (the people, not their residence at Godric's Hollow) were the subjects of the charm. That means, no one in the world except for Pettigrew (and then Voldemort) could physically see them.
That is not true at all.
Firstly, look at what Flitwick says. Voldy could search their village all he wants, but he wouldn't find them. It the charm only concealed the two of them, then their house would be easily visible to him. How easy for the Death Eaters to simply blow it up when they were inside. The Fidelius Charm would then only be like a permanent invisibility cloak.
Second, look at Lily's letter to Sirius (which is found in DH). She says James was getting pissed off cooped in the house, and without the invisibility cloak, couldn't go out on excursions. If James himself was the secret, he could have gone and stood in front of Voldy, and no one would know! Plus, they have Bathilda Bagshot visiting them, Sirius and Petunia sending them gifts, etc. If they were now secrets, people would not be able to locate them at all!
All that holds for them being Secret as well. Bathilda Baghot could not visit them if their house was Secret, even if they were not. And Nobody could send them gifts if their house was Secret, as owls (or Postmen, for that matter) would not find it. I don't have the book handy. Are you sure all this happens after they have been subjected to the Secrecy Charm, rather than them merely being in (normal) hiding at this point?
Lastly, there's this from DH:
And along a new and darker street he moved, and now his destination was in sight at last, the Fidelius Charm broken, though they did not know it yet. . . .
That is fine either way.
This is Voldemort about to kill the Potters. Clearly, the Breaking of the Charm makes their house visible, not just them.
That is not a given from your quote.
In the case of Shell Cottage, and 12 Grimmauld Place, it was the location of the building that was the secret, not the inhabitants.
As I said, that's not true at all.
Fair enough and I see what you're getting at, but how would they survive? Stay cooped up in their house all the time? Sure, if DD was in on the secret, he could do groceries for them, but what if Voldemort captured and distilled the secret of the Potters' whereabouts from him?
You can't do that. Only the Secret Keeper can reveal the secret. Any others in on it can be tortured all they want, but it wouldn't help.
This is correct.
Plus, they were copped up anyway, as Lily's letter reveals.
Yes. But when was the letter written?
And either way, they would not be able to interact with the world.
And before you quote Gamp's Law, remember: the Death Eaters knew the general location of #12 Grimmauld Place but they couldn't simply fire curses at it and get it demolished!
Because the location was the secret. To fire at something, it has to be there in your awareness.
If it was the Potter's that were hidden and not their house, the Death Eaters could indeed have blasted it.
But would they have known what to blast?
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Re: Vernon's slow descent into madness is great.
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Re: Yep. I like seeing her transformation in this story though.
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Re: Impressions: thoughts about the school, the teachers, the enemies and the friends.
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Re: It's interesting to look at the beginning of the story from Draco's point of view.
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What about the magic?
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The magic wasnt really developed at this point
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Re: The magic wasnt really developed at this point
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I think
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I really need a remembrall.
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Re: Haha
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But I thought all girls were made of sugar and spice and everything nice?
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Oh, we are.
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The decades of manipulation of a child doesn't bother you, but the House Cup does?
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Heh.
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Nah, not deliberate.
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Re: Nah, not deliberate.
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I noticed a lot of this.
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Re: I noticed a lot of this.
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Re: I noticed a lot of this.
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On Ginny:
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This was my interpretation too and why I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. *NM*
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I've noticed a lot of the same things, probably because I've reread this book so many times...
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Re: I've noticed a lot of the same things, probably because I've reread this book so many times...
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So much (chapters 1-3) *spoilers*
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Re: Some stuff (chapters 4-11)
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I can answer your consistency question!
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you don't read instructions, do you?
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I was 10.
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1999
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I would have, if I had known there was hype. I know I would have.
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Jesus Christ.
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^That was me. *NM*
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Aw. I was just feeling flattered as I didn't think Tor had read that many of my posts.
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This is my first official time participating and its been fun so far!
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Because they were tricked? They considered Peter and Sirius to be brothers.
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That's nonsense..
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Take it up with Rowling, since you don't believe me. *NM*
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What's there to believe?
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Re: That's nonsense..
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Also
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Huh?
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But Camilla explained it!
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I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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That bothers me too.
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Re: That bothers me too.
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Again...
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Re: Again...
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Re: Again...
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Re: Again...
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Yet another load of bosh.
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It was just the sort of things these two daredevils would do...
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Re: It was just the sort of things these two daredevils would do...
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You have to wonder if that's actually true.
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Since Lily and James were unable to leave the house
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Re: Since Lily and James were unable to leave the house
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^ And this, too, was me.
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