Maybe someone knows the answer...

[foxmonkey]

I've been thinking about this since the first book, and with every beginning and ending since of the four books in the series that I've read.

Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia seem to hate Harry Potter with every fiber of their being, with the intense, burning hatred of a thousand fiery suns.

Why are they so hell-bent on keeping him around?

I don't get this. They don't want him to come home for holidays during the school year, but they refuse to let him visit Ron over the summer. Weh? Shouldn't they be *glad* to get rid of him? If he's gone over the summer as well, they'd practically never have to see him at all.

Enlighten me, o great thinkers of Pottermania.

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[mostlikelyto.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think Lily's parents ARE Muggles. At the end of the fourth book, Harry is telling Voldemort why he can't touch Harry, and he says something like, "It's because my mother died for me, my common, Muggle-born mother."

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

"It's because my mother died for me, my common, Muggle-born mother."

Good Lord, woman, you're a walking HP encyclopedia! I'm impressed. :-)

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[mostlikelyto.livejournal.com]

Dude... I. Am. OBSESSED. :)