Dumbledore's Magnaminity (Vernon) / A Contract / Harry's Skill

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 143127

Chewbacca 98407:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143108
>>Vernon has no blood ties to the magic, and therefore is not 
an option for me.<<

THAT WE KNOW OF.  What with Squibs, Halfbloods, and Muggleborns, there are probably a lot of people walking around with Wizardling blood who have no idea of it.  Slughorn mentioned a famous potions master by the name of Granger; what if he had had a Squib son who was Hermione's ancestor?   Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if Vernon discovered that he, too had Wizardling blood? (Which would make interesting speculation for his grandchildren; I'd imagine 
that he'd carefully examine the genealogies of any of Dudley's girlfriends.)


Geoff:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143120
>>Or would it need an affidavit, signed by JKR herself?
:-))<<

What's the old saying:  The man convinced against his will/is of 
the same opinion still.


Sheria_mccool:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143075
>>Now Fred and George went a little over board when they left the
"Ton-Tongue Toffee" there for Dudley. But if the kid was not such 
a pig then he would not have eaten it. <snip> The Dementor attack 
Harry tried to save him from but the brat tried to run from Harry 
and therefore brought the Dementors down on him. That was not the 
dark wizard either if you will remember, that was Umbridge. So you 
can hardly say that Dumbledore is not upholding a contract if the 
good guys are against them also sending Dementors to privet drive.
Also if you will remember he had the neighbor there for heaven 
knows how long watching Harry. Who is to say that woman has not 
been there his whole life and that she just has never been 
mentioned before.<<

Had Petunia never told Dudley not to take candy from strangers?  

That Harry broke the Underage Wizardry Statute for Dudley shows greater magnanimity on his part that I could show, had I been in 
his place, given how Dudley had treated him all his life.

And that's a good point--the blood protection was, from what we 
have been told, from Voldemort and his minions; as odious as 
Dolores Umbridge is, she's no Death Eater.

And we know that Mrs. Figg had been there all along; it was state quite early that she babysat Harry sometimes, but that she dared 
not make the experience too pleasant for him, least the Dursleys 
get the idea that he liked it at her house and forbid him to go to 
there.

bboymin:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143092
>>Let me propose a hypothetical showdown between Harry and 
Voldemort. Voldemort pulls his new wand and says 'Avada Kedavra' 
while simultaneously Harry pulls his wand and say 'I love you'. 
Who is likely to win? (Assuming we ignore the Brother Wand affect 
for the moment.) Love is great but it doesn't always keep you 
from dying.<<

There is no way that Harry can love Voldemort; but, he has seen enough to at least feel sympathy for Tom Riddle, and sympathy can 
become love.  I think that Harry will learn to love Tom, and that 
love will bring the 'Tom' part of Voldemort to the fore.

I can picture something like this:


"When the Order of the Phoenix broke into the cavern, they saw 
Harry and an unknown young man seated together.  Harry's arms 
were around the stranger, who was weeping upon his shoulder.

"'Harry?' asked Hermione, 'Who's this? And what happened to Voldemort?'

"The young man raised his face from Harry's shoulder; he would 
have been quite handsome, had his eyes not been swollen nearly 
shut from weeping.

"'Lord Voldemort is no more,' said Harry,' and I would like you 
to meet my new friend, Tom Riddle.'"

Bruce