BAY fodder: Dursleys the cure for Imperius?

[animagi_raven]

No: HPFGUIDX 43323

Animagi_Raven tumbles out of the fireplace, kicking up ashes and 
knocking over cauldrons and kettles.  He brushes himself off and says 
"Hummm.  Smells like dinner is almost ready.  Having cabbage
soup? Or is that a polyjuice potion?  Weren't you a lot younger
the last time was here?  And what is with all the cats?"

"Well, as long as I am here.  Let me apologize for something in
my last e-owl post.  Bad form, I know, admitting a mental lapse just 
prior to posting a new hypothesis, but I want to start with a clean 
slate."

"In message #42949 I asked about professors for Muggle Studies
(which I intended) and Arithmancy (last minute addition).  E-owls 
came in from everywhere to remind me about Professor Vector.  I am 
still cleaning up all of the owl droppings.  My e-owl box looked like 
the Dursley's front yard for a while there."

Animagi_Raven starts banging his head against the wall.
"Will
 not
 post
 last-minute
 additions

without
 checking
 first."
Animagi_Raven finishes off by throwing a Cruciatus curse on himself.

"I knew there was a second class and if I had just checked the 
Lexicon I would have seen that it was Ancient Runes.  That was what I 
intended to e-owl post.  Yes, well, that will happen
"

"What about the potential for addition to one of the grand
theories floating in the BAY?  Yes, we will get to that.  I want to 
build a case first."

"There has been discussions about the Dumbledore keeping Snape
around to give the Gryffindors something to be brave about.  (In 
particular Susanna's e-owl posts #33028 and 31723 did indirectly 
touch on it, just to prove it.)  I tend to believe this theory, 
myself.  Now this does not necessarily mean that Snape is acting and 
is really a nice guy, just that Dumbledore does not reign him in and 
make him politically-correct because he feels that there is a 
teaching value in his menacing ways (somehow)."

"If that is the case, then flash back to Dumbledore.  He has
infant Harry in his arms and his mind is working in over-drive.  He 
knows that this baby (if it manages to survive to school-age) will 
likely someday meet DEs and possibly even the big V.  The bad guys 
tend to have three favorite curses.  Harry would stand a better 
chance if he were somehow resistant to them.  Harry has just show a 
surprising resistance to AK (although maybe only to an AK thrown by 
the big V. but that is a good start) so that one gets crossed off.  
Cruciatus would be a little difficult to get around.  But what about 
the one that was causing a lot of trouble at that time– Imperius?
 
That can be thrown off by a strong will.  The first time I read that 
Harry had a strong resistance to Imperius I thought `Well, no
wonder, he has had to put up with the Dursleys his whole life.'"

"Well, what if that was not an accident?  What if Dumbledore put 
Harry with the Dursleys for that reason - in addition to the more 
popular `family protection' and 'won't get a big head'. 
Because he knew that after 11 years of torture Harry would be able to 
resist an Imperius.  Everyone else seems to be shocked at the 
Dursleys' treatment of Harry but Dumbledore seems to take it in 
stride.  (Do I have to defend this statement with can(n)ons or is 
everyone willing to go along with it?)  My guess is that, if this is 
the case, now that the secret is out (Harry can resist the Imperius) 
if Dumbledore has instructed the Dursleys to be mean on purpose (in 
his letter) or just allowed it to happen, he will make sure that they 
are nicer to Harry.  Could this be the thing that we learn about the 
Dursleys in Book 5?"

"I hear can(n)ons being loaded and wolves howling.  I think that
I will just drop this dungbomb into the BAY and see if it floats.  
Maybe someone will even pick it up."

Animagi_Raven looks at the fireplace.

"I don't think that I will use that mode of travel again. 
Anybody have any idea how much it costs to take a taxi from here?  
And I seem to be a little short of cash, do you think I could get the 
MoM to pay for it?"

Animagi_Raven
     yes the `animagi' plural, it refers to me and my
psychoses (it was 2AM when I first signed on, give me a break)