... because School owls arrive at 12GP when it is under FC.
Really. Oh, I love it.
Well, maybe that isn't an error. I know I've read fan fiction stories where the bad guys addressed a letter to HP and then just tracked the owl to the victim. Maybe a Fidelius would stop them - somehow - from performing that tracking. The protection of the secret trumping the 'knowledge' of what they're doing. Why are we tracking this owl, again? The Fidelius wouldn't allow them to recall that it was to find Harry's hiding place ... once they had, in fact, found it.
But since Hermione probably *didn't* cast a Fidelius over the tent then she'd need to cast something to stop those post owls.
It does make some sort of sense, I think. If the Fidelius trumps all else then post owls might be allowed to deliver mail. But if you're NOT using a Fidelius then you're forced to counter specific angles of attack (that the Fidelius would have covered).
So yes, I dare so most or all warding spells are 'more selective' than a Fidelius. The Fidelius protects the secret, it doesn't matter how you might try and discern it - tracking postal owls included.
Take away the Fidelius and you've got to cast specific counters against specific attacks.
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Date: 2013-03-23 05:16 am (UTC)Really. Oh, I love it.
Well, maybe that isn't an error. I know I've read fan fiction stories where the bad guys addressed a letter to HP and then just tracked the owl to the victim. Maybe a Fidelius would stop them - somehow - from performing that tracking. The protection of the secret trumping the 'knowledge' of what they're doing. Why are we tracking this owl, again? The Fidelius wouldn't allow them to recall that it was to find Harry's hiding place ... once they had, in fact, found it.
But since Hermione probably *didn't* cast a Fidelius over the tent then she'd need to cast something to stop those post owls.
It does make some sort of sense, I think. If the Fidelius trumps all else then post owls might be allowed to deliver mail. But if you're NOT using a Fidelius then you're forced to counter specific angles of attack (that the Fidelius would have covered).
So yes, I dare so most or all warding spells are 'more selective' than a Fidelius. The Fidelius protects the secret, it doesn't matter how you might try and discern it - tracking postal owls included.
Take away the Fidelius and you've got to cast specific counters against specific attacks.
Of course Rowling never thought of any of this.