Mark Evans - evans, Evans, EVANS

[dorapye]

No: HPFGUIDX 86337

Hi, first-time poster here, been, um, just lurking for a little 
while and plucking up the courage to add my ha'penny worth.

In response to Carol:
> Carol:
> Interesting idea. At least we've got you believing that he'll 
probably
> show up at Hogwarts! The parallels between his behavior and Harry's
> are also interesting--both bullied by Dudley and both standing up 
to
> him. Harry is sure to take an interest in the little guy--a
> muggle-born wizard from the Dursleys' neighborhood who happens to 
have
> his mother's former last name--even if he's not a relative. But I'm
> betting that he is, and that we'll know it immediately by the green
> eyes, which we've been promised will be significant. Evans may be a
> common name, but magical Muggle-born Evanses with brilliant green 
eyes
> are not quite so common. (Yes, I'm speculating, but the 
speculation is
> based on evidence from the books and the interviews.)
>  
> 
> I can just picture Uncle Vernon's and Dudley's expressions as they
> open the door and see that familiar envelope in Mark's hand,
> especially if he has Harry's eyes. Dudley is too stupid to notice 
such
> details, but Uncle Vernon will see it immediately IMO. Poor 
petunia,
> guilty of having such relatives and letting them come openly to 
the door!
> 
Dorapye:
I'm slowly becoming more convinced by the Mark Evans thing, though 
part of me still believes it may just be a red herring.  

However, if it turns out that Mark is indeed related to Harry, I 
would be very interested to see how this makes Harry feel when he 
realises that Dumbledore may have had an alternative choice to the 
Dursleys of adoptive parents, ones that may have brought him up with 
love.  How might this revelation affect Harry's relationship with 
DD? We've see the beginnings of adolescent awakening to parental 
failings in OotP; perhaps finding out that DD *chose* to place Harry 
with the Dursleys when another related family could perhaps have 
been used to seal the charm he placed on Petunia's family will 
finally rip to shreds Harry's trust in his benevolent mentor? He 
would have to work very hard to contain the bitterness and 
resentment he would feel, that just as LV *chose* him over Neville, 
DD completed the devastation of his young life by *choosing* to 
place him with the Dursleys. JKR is certainly fond of offering 
us 'if only's (the possibility of living with Sirius in PoA, 
Sirius's two-way mirror in OotP...er..there are more, but can't 
think just now...). Will he torment himself by wondering about the 
childhood he might have had, if only DD had made a different choice 
for him? If he was feeling frustrated by his powerlessness in OotP, 
how might this rouse his sense of injustice?

I'd like to just add that the line in OotP that affects me most 
deeply is when DD is explaining to Harry why he placed him with 
Petunia and Harry interrupts him with:
"She doesn't love me." 
That breaks my heart (but then I am a bit soft).

Dorapye