Dumbledore's Last? (Was Re: The Dursleys:)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 167516

> Quick_Silver:

> I agree that there's more to Petunia then meets the eye. 

> Goddlefrood:

I have to agree here, as JKR herself has told us this.

> Quick_Silver:

> As to the Dursley's as a whole I think part of the reason 
there exists a slight disconnect is that there's a shift in 
their purpose especially between the first book and the rest of 
the series. 

Goddlefrood:

I also agree that this is a fair assessment of the Dursleys in 
the series to date.

This is no "I agree" post, however, I believe I may have divined
the significance of one of Dumbledore's letters. It came to me 
out of the Pensieve when cobbling together some matters for a 
more substantive post that will appear later on this weekend 
(I hope) on an unrelated to the Dursleys issue.

My contribution to this discussion:

In CoS there is this:

"I will be writing to both your families tonight"

p. 64 - Bloomsbury Paperback Edition.

Dumbledore is speaking to Harry and Ron between the two lectures,
first from Severus and later from Minerva.

I contend that DD would have written to the Dursleys. This may
seem illogical, but consider: Vernon by that stage was already
displaying signs of wishing Harry out of the magical world (think
the whole bars on the window thing). If DD, shortly after that, 
had written to the Dursleys and Vernon had seen it, does it seem 
likely that Vernon would not have used that against Harry to 
fulfil his desire to:

(i) Make Harry suffer

(ii) Sever further connections to the WW.

I predict this letter will be of some importance and will almost
certainly come up in DH during the traditional Dursley sequence.

This would account for what JKR says in this:

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=55

Obviously based on the contents of this link it will also be of
great significance exactly what DD said in the letter left on
the Dursley's doorstep. It will also be intriguing to find out
why DD had communicated with Petunia before Harry was ever left
in her care :)

Personally I always quite liked Petunia, and if it were not for 
her clear influence on Vernon Harry would most probably have not
stayed at the Dursleys terribly long at all.

As to what Dumbledore may have written, well, I'll leave that to
others who may be interested. Afraid to say that other things
press the mind currently ;)

Goddlefrood