[HPforGrownups] Harry Potter Character Sketch! (with FF snippet)

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17200

Joywitch wrote:
<snip excellent sketch>


> >4.  Why the hell did the Dursleys take Harry in, anyway?  Did they
> >feel obligated to beat the magic out of him?  Was Petunia even upset
> >when she heard that her sister died?  Were they threatened (or
> >charmed) by Dumbledore?

Someone (wish I could remember who) suggested the Dursleys can't *help* 
looking after Harry, albeit not very well.  I liked the idea that they 
didn't seem able to leave him behind on the Zoo trip, even though they 
didn't want him (Mrs Figg not being available).  They seem to hate having 
him around so much that even money would not be a strong enough incentive, 
and if fear was the motive, you'd think they'd feel safer without him.  
Besides, I can't imagine Dumbledore "putting the frighteners" on the 
Dursleys.  The enchantment theory would help explain the fact that they give 
him Christmas presents, and the ridiculous nature of them (yet they ignore 
his birthday), as fear or money, or a combination of the two, would lead 
them to give him reasonable presents, if any.  Their behaviour is too 
bizarre to be explained by rational motives.
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