The Dursleys and the Potters

[msmacgoo at one.net.au]

No: HPFGUIDX 11725

Naana - great post, really made me think (now I'm going to tear your 
ideas to shread - not really!)

I question that Pet' and Vernon care for Dudders, they may think they 
do, but I don't think they do. They don't do anything that is in his 
interets - they over feed him, coddle him, allow him to be an 
emotional and phsyscal bully, protect him from real life etc ...

A long time ago we had a very contentious thread - which I don't want 
to revisit (loud sigh of relief from listers around at that time) - 
about child abuse in HP. The relevent bit here is that the Dursely's 
really neglect Dudders needs as a person, by giving in to him on 
every account they fail to give him any preperation for life, any 
real ability to relate to ppl, to learn to share or *anything* (runs 
out of eleiquence).

Interesting that they can have an apparently harmonious relationship 
in the face of this excess isn't it. Another case of Harry POV?

Also - if they had not been saddled with the unwanted Harry, might 
they have been more balenced parents to the unfortunately named 
Duddly?

re the Malfoy's - Draco seems to be just a means for Lucious' 
desires. I think that Cassie takes this idea to its logical extreme 
here is DD/DS (draco is born soley to serve the Dark Lord IIRC, sorry 
Cassie if I don't). She might have taken it *a bit* far but that 
Lucious all over IMO.

storm