I like the idea that the other kids kind of avoided Harry because he, you know, wore those enormous castoffs and kind of smelled funny and was rubbery pale. Oh, teeny Harry! Oh, I love you much more when abuse has consequences!
That's what I love most about OotP!Harry, where there's some reference to how unfair it is that the people in the neighborhood are suspicious of him only because the Dursleys tell lies about him, yet by his description he sounds like the kid that's probably making bombs in the garage.
For instance, you know, if Harry had ever had to run from Draco and his entourage at the speed of light, I could drum up some 'yeah, I see why this is nearly as bad as the Dudley situation.' But how absurd! It is Draco who would be running! And he would trip up and people would see his undergarments!
It is kind of fascinating that Harry doesn't seem to have realized this. There's *something* about Malfoy that gets to him. So much so that Harry doesn't seem to often see him very clearly. Maybe it really is just the hair that triggers all this for him?
I guess either the protected in the Dursleys' home thing will be important in book 7, or Dumbledore used it as a pretext to put the child somewhere he would be abused and therefore malleable! Oh, that Dumbledore. Thinks of everything except raccoons. Wait, we don't have raccoons in England. Thinks of everything!
You may think I did not think through the raccoon issue. If the snake can have eyelids, there can be raccoons in Surrey.
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Date: 2006-10-22 04:03 pm (UTC)That's what I love most about OotP!Harry, where there's some reference to how unfair it is that the people in the neighborhood are suspicious of him only because the Dursleys tell lies about him, yet by his description he sounds like the kid that's probably making bombs in the garage.
For instance, you know, if Harry had ever had to run from Draco and his entourage at the speed of light, I could drum up some 'yeah, I see why this is nearly as bad as the Dudley situation.' But how absurd! It is Draco who would be running! And he would trip up and people would see his undergarments!
It is kind of fascinating that Harry doesn't seem to have realized this. There's *something* about Malfoy that gets to him. So much so that Harry doesn't seem to often see him very clearly. Maybe it really is just the hair that triggers all this for him?
I guess either the protected in the Dursleys' home thing will be important in book 7, or Dumbledore used it as a pretext to put the child somewhere he would be abused and therefore malleable! Oh, that Dumbledore. Thinks of everything except raccoons. Wait, we don't have raccoons in England. Thinks of everything!
You may think I did not think through the raccoon issue. If the snake can have eyelids, there can be raccoons in Surrey.