Dudley as HBP??!!

[jakedjensen]

No: HPFGUIDX 105939

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mandy" <ExSlytherin at a...> 
wrote:
> > Jake wrote:
> > I think it highly unlikely that Dudley is the half blood prince.
> > Harry is suppose to be a half-blood. (James-pure; Lily-muggle 
> born). So, unless Vernon is a wizard (highly unlikely), Dudley, at 
> best, could only be a muggle-born. <snip>
> 
> 
> Mandy here:
> I think you are confused, or I misunderstood your post.  
> 
> The blood status of a wizard child is not dependant on just the 
> father, but the mother too.  
> 
> We all know Vernon is a muggle; no doubt about it, but there is the 
> possibility Petunia could be a witch. Her behavior in OotP is 
> extremely odd.  If Petunia does turn out to be a witch, that would 
> make Dudley a half-blood.  The son of a witch mother and muggle 
> father, just like Seamus.

Jake replies:

I admit there is wiggle room in this whole blood line arena, but your 
interp. seems unlikely. By your definition, Harry would be a pure-
blood (i.e., both his parents are magic-folk). The canon clearly 
states that Harry is a half-blood.

"There are strange likenesses between us, after all. Even you must 
have noticed. Both half-bloods, orphans, raised by Muggles. Probably 
the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the great 
Slytherin himself" (CoS, p. 317).

So, harry is half and half. In a half and half, someone has to be the 
magic half (James Potter) and someone has to be the muggle-blood half 
(Lily Evans). 

Even if Petunia is a witch (and she may be), Dudley would only be a 
half-blood if Lily and Petunia's parents (i.e., Harry and Dudley's 
grandparents) were magic-folk. This seems unlikely since (as stated 
before), Harry is suppose to be a half-blood and would not be a half-
blood if Lily's parents were magic-folk (he would be a pure-blood). 
Sooooooooooooo, since Lily and Petunia's parents were muggles, then 
the only way Dudley can be a half-blood is if Vernon is a pureblood 
or if he at least had magic-folk parents and is a wizard himself 
(highly unlikely). 

Ergo, Dudley cannot be a half-blood and is, in my opinion, an 
unlikely pick for half blood prince (if that means what we think it 
means). Does this make sense?

Jake