[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore & Dursleys-What DD Knew

[Pyros Wife]

No: HPFGUIDX 123451


SSusan wrote:
 
> That Petunia seemed quite frightened & did *not* kick Harry out 
> after receiving DD's Howler makes me believe:  1) that DD *has* 
> provided ongoing protection; and 2) that she still very much wants 
> that protection.  So *now* DD knows that!  And perhaps it was only 
> *now* -- when Harry's 15 and more able to fend for himself, knows 
> what's going on in the WW & with Voldemort -- that DD could risk 
> issuing a threat which might lead to the Dursleys backing out of 
> Harry's life.

Lupinlore:
Interesting and possible, but as with this whole discussion purely
hypothetical at the moment.  All we can do, ultimately, is hope that
JKR will address these issues in some specific way, as opposed to the
kind of inference and suggestion she has used to this point.  Until
she does so, I will have to stand by the circumstantial evidence that
we have, and that still makes Dumbledore very complicit in the abuse
of Harry by the Dursleys.



Lupinlore,

What about the strong possibility that Petunia hasn't been totally honest with her husband or Dudley?  We already know that Petunia knows a lot more about the WW than she ever let on in the beginning, where did she get this information?  I believe that it goes back to the parental mystery surrounding Petunia and Lily.  She is honestly in fear of elements in the WW, and a letter from DD would not be enough for her to be that fearful, especially of DEs.  I don't believe that their parents were muggles, not after some of the responses from Petunia and comments that she has made in OOP.  

As to what made her not kick out Harry...it was something big, not just protection.  DD has something over her, something huge that she doesn't want to come out, perhaps it's because she is a squib, but there is something there.

"Pyros Wife"