Chapter 35 - fathers & sons

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No: HPFGUIDX 14612

> 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*

Probably, but she says, "I've been watching them [the Dursleys] all 
day. You couldn't find two people who are less like us. And they've 
got this son -- I saw him kicking his mother all the way up the 
street, screaming for sweets. Harry Potter come and live here!"

I think that if *any* of the Dursleys were magical, McGonagall would 
have been less vehement. At least if Dudley were also a wizard, Harry 
would have been more accepted.

Of course, there's always the question of whether or not Dudley, 
should he discover a latent magical inclination, will find himself 
booted out of Number 4 Privet Drive.

Stacy