Question re: muggles and dementors

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 187953



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rick H. Kennerly" <rhkennerly at ...> wrote:
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> Andrew wrote:
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> > Was his more friendly attitude towards Harry in book 7 connected with 
> > what he experienced when he saw the dementors? I know he acknowledged 
> > the fact that Harry saved him from the dementors, but was there more 
> > to it than just that? I'd be interested to hear other people's theories.


Potioncat:
Well, if Muggles can feel the dispair, I'd say Dudley felt it. The Dementors were right on him, and were going to attack him along with Harry. I don't see it as inconsistent.
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> Rick:
> We find out in Book 7 that Petunia was a squib.  I always thought that some of "that" flowed down to Duds.


Potioncat:
Erm, no. It isn't that Petunia didn't have magic, it was that Lily did. Lily and Petunia are Muggle-born. Lily was the first in the family to have magic.