Vernon Dursley

[Aesha Williams]

No: HPFGUIDX 80237

>From Mryth, aka tomatogrower:

> That leaves Uncle Vernon. I can't come to any ideas of what he and Harry's relationship will be in book 7. I do 
>  not think it will be good or postive in any way. Could any one share thoughts on this?  Mryth        

    I think there's something up with Petunia. For a long time I thought perhaps it was Dudley that would be the one who's magic shows up "later in life", then after reading OoP I'm more convinced it's Petunia. Then again, that would seem obvious, so it makes me think that wouldn't happen. (after all, I *never* in a million years saw the fact that Mrs. Figg was a squib coming!)
    I wondered also how the relationship between the Dursleys and Harry would change. Especially now that he has saved Dudley's life, and obviously Petunia understands what Harry saved Dudley from. She sees that he will do the right thing, and when he could have let harm come to Dudley he did everything he could to stop it. 
    But when I read your post, a thought hit me and I thought it was original, but perhaps someone else has mentioned it and that's why it hit me so hard. What if Vernon is the one that is more welcoming to Harry as the series progresses (I think they will all at least be more of a "family" at the end, rather than a family and a near-stranger living with them), and Petunia is the one who needs more convincing? I mean, in SS/PS I recall Vernon trying to figure out a way to bring up the subject of what Harry's name is without upsetting Petunia. Also, something else happens that makes me think perhaps it's Petunia that is the one who is *most* obsessed with being normal. I wish I had my book, but I couldn't find it before I moved. So anyway- I'm not sure if I believe it myself, but I think it's at least a possibility that Vernon will be "easy" to accept Harry, because it seems a lot of the time he's protecting Petunia (who desperately wants to be "normal") and Dud.

Aesha

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