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Harry Potter theory: The Dursley's were so awful because Harry was a Horcrux
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:03 am
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:03 am
I saw this online and thought more about it, it makes a lot of sense.
Horcruxes give people negative feelings, thoughts, and doubts, we have evidence of this with the locket. Whenever they wore the locket it negatively affected their attitude, it also seemed to have a stronger impact on someone with less natural intellect (Ron felt it more than Harry and Hermione). Also they all come to hate the locket for what it does to them
The Dursley's have horrible attitudes and feeling towards themselves and others, they are constantly seeing the worst in everyone, and they hate Harry for what he did to their life.
Harry is a horcrux and the reason they are so negative towards everyone and especially him is because of that
Horcruxes give people negative feelings, thoughts, and doubts, we have evidence of this with the locket. Whenever they wore the locket it negatively affected their attitude, it also seemed to have a stronger impact on someone with less natural intellect (Ron felt it more than Harry and Hermione). Also they all come to hate the locket for what it does to them
The Dursley's have horrible attitudes and feeling towards themselves and others, they are constantly seeing the worst in everyone, and they hate Harry for what he did to their life.
Harry is a horcrux and the reason they are so negative towards everyone and especially him is because of that
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:05 am to Tiger1242
No, they were just pieces of shite.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:16 am to Tiger1242
Then Ron would never have been his friend. The locket affected him the most and he would have always been jealous of Harry. Ginny or Cho never would have kissed him. Dumbledore would have been able to feel if Harry was a Horcrux. This is one far fetched theory that is out there. The Dursleys were just bad people
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:20 am to MasterKnight
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Then Ron would never have been his friend. The locket affected him the most and he would have always been jealous of Harry. Ginny or Cho never would have kissed him. Dumbledore would have been able to feel if Harry was a Horcrux. This is one far fetched theory that is out there. The Dursleys were just bad people
I disagree, the effects of the Horcrux of the locket and diary were more severe because that's all they were, Harry was a living person therefore it's possible the impact of it on other people would be lessened.
It effected the Dursley's over years and years and years of living with and coming into contact with Harry everyday. All of his friends and teachers only spent time with him a few months at a time,and other than Ron and Hermione only for a limited amount over those months
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:26 am to Tiger1242
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It effected the Dursley's over years and years and years of living with and coming into contact with Harry everyday.
So they moved him from his nice loving bedroom to the closet under the stairs slowly, over time.....
oh wait. They hated him from day one cause he reminded him that shite they didnt like/feared existed.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:37 am to Hester Carries
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They hated him from day one cause he reminded him that shite they didnt like/feared existed.
As Horcruxes are like to do, remind you of things you hate and fear.
Also the fact they are non magical means it probably would've effected them more, and they were already predisposed to disliking him so it fed into what they already felt
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:00 am to Tiger1242
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I saw this online and thought more about it, it makes a lot of sense.
Horcruxes give people negative feelings, thoughts, and doubts, we have evidence of this with the locket. Whenever they wore the locket it negatively affected their attitude, it also seemed to have a stronger impact on someone with less natural intellect (Ron felt it more than Harry and Hermione). Also they all come to hate the locket for what it does to them
The Dursley's have horrible attitudes and feeling towards themselves and others, they are constantly seeing the worst in everyone, and they hate Harry for what he did to their life.
Harry is a horcrux and the reason they are so negative towards everyone and especially him is because of that
I may be wrong, but I would assume Voldemort's magic is part of why those horcruxes had those effects on the characters, especially those trying to destroy them. He wanted to them to be difficult to destroy.
Harry, on the other hand, was made a horcrux on accident. So he had a piece of Voldemort's soul, but I think that's all he had in common with the other horcruxes.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:04 am to Tiger1242
They mistreated him because they hated/feared magic. That's the whole reason that Harry's mother and aunt were estranged. It says so in the books. That's the gospel.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:28 am to Tiger1242
Petunia hated Harry because she reminded him of Lily, who she was jealous of because she was born with magical blood. Vernon hated Harry because he was afraid of what he didn't understand. Dudley hated Harry because his parents hated him.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:41 am to MasterKnight
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Dumbledore would have been able to feel if Harry was a Horcrux
But Harry WAS a Horcrux. They said so in the last movie that he was Voldemort's unintentional horcrux.
Not saying I agree with the OP because of the other things they say about the Dursleys and all of Harry's friends.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:47 am to likeaboss
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They mistreated him because they hated/feared magic. That's the whole reason that Harry's mother and aunt were estranged. It says so in the books. That's the gospel.
I'm not saying that him being a horcrux is the sole reason they hated him, I'm saying it was a factor in their negative attitudes towards EVERYTHING in their life not just him.
Also to whoever said Dumbledore would know IF Harry was a horcrux, Harry WAS a Horcrux this is confirmed. Also Dumbledore did know...
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:07 am to Tiger1242
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As Horcruxes are like to do, remind you of things you hate and fear.
Also the fact they are non magical means it probably would've effected them more, and they were already predisposed to disliking him so it fed into what they already felt
Much like most "theories" you keep changing your argument. You said that the reason the Dursley's hated him but Ron didnt was do to length of exposure. But the Dursley's hated him from day 1.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:35 am to Hester Carries
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Much like most "theories" you keep changing your argument. You said that the reason the Dursley's hated him but Ron didnt was do to length of exposure. But the Dursley's hated him from day 1.
No I didn't change my argument, you are suffering from a lack of reading comprehension and the fatal internet flaw of being unable to look beyond the literal words and actually think.
Obviously him being a horcrux isn't the sole reason they hated him, use some goddamn common sense and stop being an idiot
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:45 am to Tiger1242
Petunia was a jealous little tattle tale bitch as a child.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:58 am to Tiger1242
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Harry is a horcrux and the reason they are so negative towards everyone and especially him is because of that
Probably part of it, but you did "change" your argument.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:08 pm to Tiger1242
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No I didn't change my argument, you are suffering from a lack of reading comprehension and the fatal internet flaw of being unable to look beyond the literal words and actually think.
Obviously him being a horcrux isn't the sole reason they hated him, use some goddamn common sense and stop being an idiot
Their hatred for him didnt increase. It stayed the same. Your argument was false.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:11 pm to indianswim
I know he was but the OP is stating the theory that the Dursleys were horrible to Harry bc he was a Horcrux. I understand that in the last book it was revealed he was an unintentional Horcrux. I'm saying Dumbledore would have figured it out earlier than he did.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:15 pm to Tiger1242
He shared the same room with Ron for almost an entire year. He was locked in a cupboard under the stairs and had little contact with the Dursleys for many years. Only when they wanted him to do something for them would they allow him out of his closet. He had more contact with Ron and Hermione than he ever had with the Dursleys. Plus he spent holidays with Ron. That theory is just not a good theory. Like others have mentioned Petunia was jealous of Lily and Vernon did not understand or believe in magic. He thought it was rubbish. Dudley just did what his parents did.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:23 pm to MasterKnight
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I'm saying Dumbledore would have figured it out earlier than he did.
He figured it out, or more correctly hypothesized it in between book 4 and 5
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:37 pm to Tiger1242
The 1st book opens with a chapter following Dursley's day. In that chapter, he's a self-absorbed arse who doesn't like the "oddities" that he's seeing.
Let's lay out some of the information we get:
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Petunia spent her time spying on the neighbors
Petunia pretended she didn't have a sister because they were "unDursleyish"
Dursley immediately dislikes the "strange" fashion of people in cloaks
Dursley had a good day at first; shouted at 5 different people, then made some calls where he shouted some more - what a friendly man
Dursley sees some more strange people and eyes them "angrily."
Dursley runs into a man ans merely grunts an apology; the man gets up, is happy, and hugs him around the middle. This rattles Dursley.
Dursley hopes he is imagining things, "which he had never hoped before, because he didn't approve of imagination."
When Dursley brings up Petunia's sister, she sharply replies to Dursley.
They're kinda horrible people even before any Horcrux was near them.
Let's lay out some of the information we get:
LINK
Petunia spent her time spying on the neighbors
Petunia pretended she didn't have a sister because they were "unDursleyish"
Dursley immediately dislikes the "strange" fashion of people in cloaks
Dursley had a good day at first; shouted at 5 different people, then made some calls where he shouted some more - what a friendly man
Dursley sees some more strange people and eyes them "angrily."
Dursley runs into a man ans merely grunts an apology; the man gets up, is happy, and hugs him around the middle. This rattles Dursley.
Dursley hopes he is imagining things, "which he had never hoped before, because he didn't approve of imagination."
When Dursley brings up Petunia's sister, she sharply replies to Dursley.
They're kinda horrible people even before any Horcrux was near them.
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