[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 35 - fathers & sons

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14610

Stacy said:

Doreen -
Funny you should mention Dudley.  I read in a JKR interview that
Harry has not *yet* used magic on Dudley.  She then said "Hint hint".
When you mentioned Dudley possibly becoming a wizard, it reminded me
also that JKR said that someone will use magic without wands or
lessons.  Perhaps Dudley will somehow discover wizard blood in him too
and he and Harry will have some interesting interactions.
Doreen said:

Maybe Dudley will sneak a peek at Harry's potions books and have a go at it.
That is, if he can manage the right end of the wand. JKR said that when you
use a wand that is not yours, strange things can happen... or words to that
effect. Maybe we are in for some more of JKR's off-beat humor concerning
what would happen if Dudley made some potions that go wild! Maybe Petunia's
neck will grow twenty feet long as she cranes over the fence. Or her nose
will get stuck in something when she sticks it into the neighbors' business.

Stacy said:
I think that while this would be *very* interesting (and shouldn't be
completely ruled out), the beginning of SS indicates that none of the
Dursleys are magical in any way. If they were, McGonagall would not
be so completely appalled to find out that Harry has to live with
them for the next eleven years.

Doreen said:
I think McGonagall would have been appalled at any rate about the Dursleys.
They are rude, self-centered, greedy, bigotted, boorish, and a lot more
adjectives that probably should not be typed in HPFGU. *smile*