Lily (was gender-spiked musings); structure

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Julie aka Viola wrote:
> 
> No, I think Snape will only really appear as he is in Book 7 - that 
> would fit nicely with Harry's first year.  Oh, and the Dursleys' 
true 
> importance will be revealed then. (Why do people focus on Petunia-
as-
> squib when the interesting backstory is Vernon's?  Where did *he* 
> learn to fear magic?)
> 
> 
> David

I like most of hte theories in your post, but the bit on the 
Dursley's will IMHO be resolved in hte next book.

I think it is likely because of the foreshadowing about 'why Harry is 
safe at the Dursleys' at the end of GOF. I think it's all going to 
come out next book.

I personally would love to see it resolved in OOP largely because I 
cannot stand the Dursley's. LV is the "cool villain" of the piece, 
but the Dursleys are trash who abuse children, and nothing churns my 
stomach more.

For the next book's Dursley scenes, I hope Harry let's them have it. 
Oh, not with any cruel curses or even simple, harmless charmes (let's 
not have the MOM on his case), but verbally thrash them to no end, 
even if it means he is banned from their house. They have to hear it 
told to them like it is: they are cruel, sadistic monsters, no matter 
what the reasoning.

Phew, that actually felt good! Time for a Guinness!

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