Dumbledore on the Dursleys in OotP (LONG)

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No: HPFGUIDX 151453

> Alla:
> > 
> > Harry cannot stand Dursleys, that is understandable due to how 
they 
> > treat him, IMO. But as I said above I find it perfectly 
reasonable 
> > that Harry may at the same time want the love of those who treat 
him 
> > horribly and it is canon that he does.
> 
> Pippin:
> No, it's canon that he resents being deprived of it. Not quite the 
same
> thing. But you're painting yourself into my corner here. If Harry, 
after
> fifteen years of abuse, still craves Petunia's love, and 
presumably 
> would respond if only she treated him with kindness and respect,
> how can we possibly say that Kreacher wouldn't have responded to
> Sirius?

Alla:

Erm... if you say so :). But just to point out that the other corner 
also exists - Harry is not Kreacher, I saw no indication from 
Kreacher that he is upset over Sirius dislike of him, so since Harry 
and Kreacher are two different people ( forgive me for referring to 
Kreacher as person, it is just too tiresome to type up every time - 
intelligent being of different race), I think I will stay in mine.

Having said that, I of course accept the POSSIBILITY that Kreacher 
may have responded to Sirius' kindness. I mean, I made a judgment 
that he would not do so based on Kreacher and Sirius' past and today 
life, but I cannot make a definite determination.

What I am trying to say is that I did not see a sign that Kreacher 
would have responded to Sirius affections if such ever existed, but 
it does not mean that it could not have happened, of course.


Pippin:
<SNIP> 
> One more question for you, Alla. Should Snape die in the next book,
> can we expect you to keep silence about his flaws in order to 
respect
> the feelings of all us poor broken-hearted Snape lovers? :)
> 

Alla:

Trying really hard to remember about keeping silence about Sirius' 
flaws and respecting the feelings of us poor broken-hearted Sirius 
lovers and drawing a blank here :) ( Erm... this is of course not a 
remark for you Pippin, but just in case again to avoid the arguments 
of this type, since I did get them in the past discussions - we are 
joking here and I am not asking anybody to refrain from discussing 
the flaws of  the characters.)

But, Pippin, I promise to think about it if you can prove that you 
belong to Snape immediate relations :).