Sirius, Sirus, and more Sirius/ Blood protection/ Dumbledore and Harry

[Tesha]

No: HPFGUIDX 158567


> > Tonks:
> <SNIP>
> > I think it is a very good thing that Harry grew up in the home 
> that 
> > he did. Not for Harry's sake, but for the sake of the children who 
> > are reading the books.  IMO, Harry is in a rather typical family. 
> <SNIP>

Tesha:
oh, my Tonks - you are sooo right. A lot of people grow up believeing
that they got the raw end of the deal, and how great to have a hero
that you can feel akin to - bonds you right to him, doesn't it?

> Alla:
> 
> What I hear you saying is that Dursleys are a typical family and 
> most kids are growing up in families like that? I am really not sure 
> how to respond to this.
> 
> I will just say that there are many many families which are **not** 
> like Dursleys .
>

Tesha:
and Alla, the abuse Harry lives through is not that far off center.
Families go through tough times, tempers get short, dad takes up
drinking when he looses his job, mom is frazzled with a job the
housework and the kids. Harry isn't tortured, he's simply "a problem"
for his caretakers. If you never felt this as a kid, not even once,
then you're really very lucky.

JKR was brilliant to have Harry placed with the Dursley's, I felt
empathy for him almost immediately and it drew me right in....