[HPforGrownups] Muggle Trouble

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 53885

Jack said -

>From reading recent posts, it looks like a lot of people agree that 
some sort of Muggle mishap is going to happen.  Whether a Muggle is 
killed or kidnapped, it will probably be a Muggle we have heard about.
 
I was trying to think of possible Muggles who might be in trouble.  
But, there really has not been very many Muggles presented in the 
first books.  Here are a few off the top of my head:
 
The Dursleys
The Grangers
Piers Polkiss
Aunt Marge
Mr. Dursley's Boss & Boss' Wife
 
I would like to get a more comprehensive list of Muggles if 
possible.  And maybe some comments about their probable danger in 
future books.  
 
Me -

I can't really see JKR killing off the Dursleys. They're such
cartoon-cutout-ish stupid people that it wouldn't ave any kind of emotional
impact on the reader and it wouldn't serve to show how evil the
muggle-tormenting Death Eters are. I would think that a large number of
readers wouldn't care - especially the younger ones and it wouldn't really
help to enforce the moral good v evil tone of her story. I'm not saying it's
less wrong to kill them because they're nasty - just that it wouldn't have
the same impact. Same goes for everyone on that list except the Grangers.
While we don't know them, we do know Hermione and killing her family would
have an emotional impact because we'd feel for her. Same goes for Seamus'
father and Dean's family. Also Justin Fitch-Fletcley's family (of course
having been petrified by a basilisk only a few books ago it'd be a bit
unfair on the kid since we know very little about him). Depending how much
of an impact she's going for I think Hermione's family and Dean and Seamus'
families are in the most danger. Possibly Seamus' the most actually now I
come to think of it because it's an example of a witch/wizard marrying a
muggle, same as Harry and Voldemort. I could see why Voldemort would want to
target magic/muggle families most of all and because it's a parallel to
Harry's half-blood status it could be used to make a big impact.

Yes on the whole, thinking it over, I think Seamus' family are about to have
a very nasty accident (possibly Seamus too).

K