The Opening Chapter of Book 6

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 103672

Ali wrote:
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> > My favourite hunch is that Petunia agrees to take Harry in as
long 
> > as Dudley doesn't know that he is a wizard.
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Now griffin782002:
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> I too believe the idea that Dudley or Petunia might develop magic
powers. I believe the attack in the first chapter of OotP is
important. I actually think that Dudley could see the Dementors, well
at he saw the effects and since Muggle can't see them, I wonder if
they can see the effects of their presence. J.K.R. created them to
'demonstrate' the feelings of someone that suffers from depression. I
how how it feels but you feel 'cold' and 'numb' inside you, not
outside. I wonder if it has any importance.

Now Eustace_Scrubb:
A month or so ago(I should keep track of my message #s, I know), there
was a related thread.  When the Dementors enter the alley in OoP,
_both_ Harry and Dudley are affected in pretty much the same way. 
Dudley says he can't see.  As for Harry, "darkness pressed on his eyes
like a weightless veil" and he turned "his sightless eyes left and
right."  Now at some point (Sirius in POA?) someone tells Harry that
muggles can't see dementors but they are nonetheless affected by them.
   But as Harry also experiences the loss of sight, Dudley's inability
to see the dementors does not rule out his being a "repressed" wizard.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb