Dumbledore & Dursleys-What DD Knew

[Casey]

No: HPFGUIDX 123313


 
SSSusan:
This whole questioning makes me think that whomever it was who first 
suggested that DD offered some additional protection for the 
Dursleys as a whole (or of Dudley at least), in exchange for taking 
Harry in, was correct.  Petunia doesn't seem to want him, but she 
keeps him, and she tells Vernon he MUST allow Harry to stay.  Yet 
we've seen DD doing no threatening 'til that point; we've seen DD 
interfering in no way.  There must be a REASON Petunia said yes in 
the first place, short of a threat, and all I can think of is that 
it was an OFFER, rather than a threat:  an offer of protection 
extending to *them* as long as Harry resides there a part of each 
year.

Casey:
I don't believe Dumbledore added much extra to Lilly's spell. I 
think the spell protected Harry, but staying with a blood relative 
kept it active over the years. And with that protection the Dursleys 
were protected also. I think that Voldemort killed Lilly and 
Petunia's parents, as well as the Potters. Dumbledore convinced 
Petunia to keep Harry to protect *her* family with Lilly's spell.