OOP: Harry's bullying was Favorite Lines...

[ewdotson]

No: HPFGUIDX 63323

"jenny_ravenclaw" 
wrote:
> <Various snips>
> > To be realistic, it's quite understandable that Harry is 
> > aggressive towards Dudley, simply because he can be and he isn't 
> going 
> > to suddenly forgive and forget the suffering he's done at 
Dudley's 
> > hands.  

"katiecannon2000" wrote:

> I think this is a logical extension going back to PS/SS, where 
Hagrid 
> gave the pig's tail and asked HP not to mention and at the end 
where 
> Hagrid talks about him doing magic, HP says I'm not allowed to and 
> Hagrid says "Ah, but they don't know that, do they?" 
(Paraphrasing)  
> As Harry gets older and more in tune with his powers and the 
absolute 
> fear of the Dursleys towards things magical, I believe he naturally 
> has progressed and has the "advantage" b/c of his magic.


*Thweeeeeep!*  Sorry, but you've got a bit of movie contamination in 
there.  In the PS/SS novel, the next to last paragraph is Hermione 
telling Harry to have a good holiday, "shocked that anyone [Uncle 
Vernon]could be so unpleasant."  The book concludes by Harry replying 
that "They don't know that I'm not allowed to do magic.  I'm going to 
have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer..."  Personally, I think I 
might like the movie version a bit better with sweet, innocent Harry, 
but it isn't canon.

Ewdotson