See, you said 'little Malfoy' and I immediately had an embarrassing conniption because! In that world! Somewhere out there! is little Malfoy, not abandoned on a doorstep but with his loving mother, and daddy is plotting his Imperius Defence, which will miraculously work since the Dark Mark is kept a total secret even though Snape could have told everyone about it. Little Malfoy! ♥ I wonder if he was saying 'shan't' by then as well.
Poor little Harry. He left you with them! He didn't care that you were malnourished! That man is not your friend!
I do like Vernon's affection for Petunia. It makes me happy for her, since (though we all know about my soft spot for Lily) Lily was obviously her parents' favourite. It's OK, Petunia. Someone loves you best now. I do think they're portrayed as a genuinely healthy married couple, even if they do kind of suck as parents. (And I don't think they suck any more than the Weasleys. Certainly Dudley's never going to get the Percy treatment. And the Weasleys certainly don't have as good a marriage. We never hear Petunia screeching for hours at the top of her harpy voice.) Of course, they really really suck as adoptive parents to a child different than they are. And that is why one should keep to one's own kind! Oh wait. I've become confused. (It's ironic that the Dursleys might have given quite good upbringing to a Squib child who took after his aunty, whereas Lily and James would have been baffled and upset by their changeling child.)
Maybe Tom legally changed his name to Voldemort. I imagine a clerk looking up at him in great confusion and saying 'and how do you spell that, sir? Really? You'd rather be called Lord Voldemort than Thomas? Oh, you kids, you need to stop reading Poppy Z Brite!'
I am so happy you're doing this, Sister M! I cry your praises on the street corners!
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Date: 2006-10-14 12:39 pm (UTC)Poor little Harry. He left you with them! He didn't care that you were malnourished! That man is not your friend!
I do like Vernon's affection for Petunia. It makes me happy for her, since (though we all know about my soft spot for Lily) Lily was obviously her parents' favourite. It's OK, Petunia. Someone loves you best now. I do think they're portrayed as a genuinely healthy married couple, even if they do kind of suck as parents. (And I don't think they suck any more than the Weasleys. Certainly Dudley's never going to get the Percy treatment. And the Weasleys certainly don't have as good a marriage. We never hear Petunia screeching for hours at the top of her harpy voice.) Of course, they really really suck as adoptive parents to a child different than they are. And that is why one should keep to one's own kind! Oh wait. I've become confused. (It's ironic that the Dursleys might have given quite good upbringing to a Squib child who took after his aunty, whereas Lily and James would have been baffled and upset by their changeling child.)
Maybe Tom legally changed his name to Voldemort. I imagine a clerk looking up at him in great confusion and saying 'and how do you spell that, sir? Really? You'd rather be called Lord Voldemort than Thomas? Oh, you kids, you need to stop reading Poppy Z Brite!'
I am so happy you're doing this, Sister M! I cry your praises on the street corners!