[HPforGrownups] Harry's Family

[heidi tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 38302


--- EtonBuffy <buffyeton at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Real-To:  "EtonBuffy" <buffyeton at yahoo.com>
> 
> I was just re-reading Sorcerer's Stone and a
> question popped into my 
> head.  If Harry has no other family than the
> Dursleys, and it is 
> quoted often in the book that Mrs. Dursley pretends
> that she does not 
> even have a sister, how does she know that her
> sister is pregnant, 
> let alone the name of her son?  
> 

Just because Petunia is ingoring Lily's existence
doesn't mean that Lily is ignoring Petunia. It's
entirely possible that Lily sent her sister an
announcement when Harry was born, and even that she's
sent pictures since then - or sent the 1980 Potter
Family Holiday Newsletter (do people do
end-of-the-year newsletters in the UK? Answer on OT
Chatter, please).

This, of course, leads us into the wonderful guesswork
(noncanon based) about what the Durselys' reaction of
a moving baby photo would be - and perhaps the reason
they don't have any pictures of Harry in the house
(even in the background of something) is because they
were concerned that he'd be moving in every picture,
not just "wizarding" ones. 

heidi

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heidi tandy

They say its a sign of mental health to hold apparently contradictory ideas in your mind. The world of late has been a particularly exotic stew of horror and beauty. There are killers, there are saints. The trick is to find the right spot on the spectrum between abject despair and total obliviousness. And then carry on...
Joel Achenbach

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