[HPforGrownups] What if Harry had Tourette's.

[Heather Rivera]

No: HPFGUIDX 180972

Finwitch:

>From wikipedia:
<SNIP>Tourette's is defined as part of a
spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient and chronic tics.
<SNIP>

Imagine Harry having this syndrome since the age of one (say from the
moment he got that scar), and worsening towards age eleven. What would
happen?

1. Dursleys. Would they keep Harry and punish him for that as well as
his accidental magic or give him up to an orphanage?

2. How would wizards react? Imagine a big tic with extreme coprolalia
in the first potions class for example. I'm positive that Dumbledore
knows of this syndrome and would identify it, but Snape?


tubazrcool:

1. I think the magic spurts would have driven the Dursley's crazy and the neighbours might have figured it out then. I am pretty sure Dumbledore would have sent the "Remember my last, Petunia!" message a little earlier than the fifth book. And, if the Dursley's were adamant enough on giving Harry to an orphange, Dumbledore would have found him a more suitable home.

--> On the orphanage note, do you think the reason Dumbledore refused to give Harry to an orphanage was so Harry wouldn't end up figuring out his magical abilities earlier and abuse them, like Voldemort had?

2. I imagine Snape would have taken off extreme points from Gryffindor the first time it happened, but would have gone to Dumbledore as the vulgar language continued. But as a kid, Harry would have most likely been taught to use euphemistic language instead of the actual curse words. For example, one of my friends uses "Son of a biscuit-eating mother frito!" Dumbledore would most likely have diagnosed it at the first few public scenes, and would have taken steps to prevent it. They probably had a charm they could cast which prevented foul language from being heard, like a special Silencio spell.

Question:
   3. What do you think would have happened at all the Malfoy encounters?

tubazrcool