That damn blood protection thing

[fishinginthemud.livejournal.com]

My sincere apologies if this has been addressed before, but I haven't found anything on it yet.

We are told that Harry survives the Killing Curse from Voldemort because Voldemort is now a "blood relative" and Harry can't be harmed in the presence of his "blood relatives." But at that point, hasn't the "blood protection" spell already ended, since Harry is now 17 and no longer lives with the Dursleys? Have I missed something?

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[condwiramurs.livejournal.com]

Yes, but like I said, it's badly handled and it's a new twist to what we had already seen of how Lily's protection worked. I don't think JKR thought it through very well at all, but this is the best I've been able to make of it so far. *shrugs*