The Dursleys:

[Tammy Folsom]

No: HPFGUIDX 167583


 

Shelley:

I still think that it is possible that Petunia is a witch that refused her Witchhood- that there could be some formal process for doing what it is that JW proposes: to de-power a wizard into Muggleness. Since Petunia might have Chosen this route for herself, there is no abuse in that, but to also choose it for her son, that indeed might classify as "abuse of Dudley". Thus, JKR would be correct in saying that Petunia is currently a Muggle, and that she will never do magic. This would be of her own willfull choice to do so.
Dudley, on the other hand, might be able to choose for himself once he
reaches "of age" in wizard years for that choice to be final, meaning that he would be the one to "do magic late in life" when he chooses the Wizard life against his parents wishes.





Tammy Responds

Shelly while I agree that it is possible that Petunia refused her heritage,
If she did it could be considered a mistreatment of Dudley for the Dursleys
to not allow him to decide for himself if he wanted to be a Wizard or not.
But IMO and this may make me sound very dull and boring lol but I believe
JKR is referring to the quite mundane idea that Dudley is mistreated because
he is given anything and everything  he has ever wanted to make him happy
and no discipline. Which IMO he badly needs. For example in SS/PS when
Dudley throws a tantrum about the amount of presents he receives on his
birthday his parents automatically tell him they will buy him more to keep
him from throwing a tantrum. Now as for the part of doing magic late in life
 I believe and I could be wrong that JKR said "quite" late in life which
would lead me to think it was an older person who would be doing the magic.
In this vein of thought only two people stick out in my mind. One being
Filch and the other Mrs. Figg since I just can't see Filch as ever being
able to do magic that leads me to believe it would be Mrs. Figg who does the
magic later in life.

 

 


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