OoTP: Dudley

[Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 62171

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<nikkihudson at c...> wrote:
Later at Harry's hearing when Figg is testifying Fudge 
> asks "Can squibs see Dementors?" and she responds "Of course"  So 
> based on this I'm thinking Dudley is a squib. 

me:
Also in the hearing though, Figg sort of makes up what Dementors 
look like.  She said they were running.  I think that she just had 
Dementors described to her and she testified for Harry to get him 
off the hook; she couldn't actually see them.

Also, for Dudley to be a squib, Vernon and Petunia would have to be 
wizards.

> Also Petunia obviously knows more about the wizarding 
> world than she has ever let on, so maybe this is something she's 
been 
> hiding from everyone. 

me:
Well she did have Lily for a sister.  Lily was bound to come home 
for summer and talk about stuff.  Petunia knows things about the 
wizarding world from Lily.  However, she is hiding that she knows 
this stuff, because she thinks it's freaky and wants everyone to 
think she's normal.

Also, I just had a thought....what if the reason that Petunia wants 
to "stamp the magic out of Harry" and always wants to pretend that 
magic doesn't exist is precisely BECAUSE of Lily's death?  Lily 
wouldn't have died if she had not been a witch, so perhaps Petunia 
associates "magic" with "danger" and wishes her own family to have 
no part of it for their own safety?  Hmm...