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Haha! My persistent moaning about the 30k paid off.

 

<whispers conspiratorially> Shuddup, it's that reversed psychology thingy...

 

hope it is updated soon...

I have just re-read it and one of the things I like the most is that the spells taught at Hogwarts dont work against humans. It is one of the small things that have always bugged me. That they teach students curses that can blow off an arm from another student.

 

I read this awhile ago. It's not bad, considering how short it is.

 

Started reading this again, since you said an update would be coming soon. At anyrate, I was kinda annoyed by something in the first chapter. Why the hell would Harry pay the Dursleys to take the Polyjuice potion? The Dursleys want him gone in the first place, you clearly state that Harry was able to do underage magic, he had them where he wanted them, yet he still pays them 3,000 fucking pounds even after years of staying in a cupboard and verbal abuse? One spell would be all it took to get them to sign the papers and take the potion, yet he still gives them a ton of money. Ridiculous.

Just wanted to get that off my chest, since I see that plot idea quite often and it always annoys the hell out of me.

 

Yes he could have done it with a spell, but remember he is trying to hide from Dumbledore. At the point he left he still had some respect for Dumbledore but at the same time knew that if he used magic outside of school on muggles Dumbledore would have him over a barrel. The using polyjuice to fool the order would never really hold up for all the holidays, it seemed more of a way to get a head start.

 

He used magic to get rid of the tracers, I don't see how it would be any different for him to use it to scare the Dursleys.

 

the magic he used to get rid of the tracers was done in london and not by him, also with all the wards around privet drive AD would detect the magic and come to investigate attracting unwanted attention. and also at the time of hie escape he could not do magic as he didnt have the second wand yet

 

He couldn't threaten them? THey hated him and obviously wanted to leave, I don't doubt that they would agree just to get him out. He could have threatened to tell the neighbors he could do magic, call child services for 10 years in a cupboard, etc. There are tons of ways it could have been done without him essentially rewarding them for 15 years of verbal abuse.

 

as I said with the order watching the house any change in they behavior would bring unwanted attention which means
1 no magic
2 He couldn't threaten them
3 no outside help what so ever ( no child servers/police or any one)

besides he would have gotten away with it if it wasnt for that dam wolf

 

That doesn't make any sense. How is threatening them different then paying them? They were threatened after the train ride from Hogwarts, the guards wouldn't notice any change. Blah @ your half ass excuses to get Harry to pay them, my opinion stands.

 

Heh I reread this to, to get everything fresh in my head. Now IP needs to wake up and post Chapter 7.

 

Threatening takes far too much energy and a constant watch to make sure their doing what they are suppose to do. Money makes things a lot easier and smoother. Fear is only reliable when it's constantly reinforced. You dont need to reinforce greed its natural. Therefore far more trustworthy.

 

Wow, I missed a whole conversation here. Sorry for not showing up sooner, I was busy yesterday...

Well first off, since this wasn't very clear, this Harry HASN'T been abused (much).

This Vernon didn't keep Harry locked in the cupboard since he was 3, letting him out only to work as his slave. He didn't chain Harry to the wall and whip him with his belt, which he then forced the Boy to clean from his own blood and skin fragments, so he could wear it tomorrow at work. And finally, he didn't break Harry's ribs and blind him with hot oil each night, and then get pissed off when his magic healed him in the morning.

Instead of this fandom portrayal of the Dursleys, I decided for a more canon-like approach - sure, they are jerks and anoying and idiots, but hardly monsters. They DID force Harry to sleep (not live) in a cupboard and do all the chores (chores for kids, not Petunia's work), but the rest of the time he was spending outside, on his own.

So, while Harry sure doesn't like them much, he doesn't really hate them enough to seek them out and bully them for revenge... which would be OOC for this Harry anyway.

As for the money issue, Harry paid them:
1) not to inform the Order guards that he's gone
2) to keep the whole charade with Pollyjuice potion

He didn't pay them to let him escape, he could have done that on his own, but Dumbledore would have caught him in that case.

I didn't uderstand this part. When Harry escaped from the Private Drive, he wasn't able to do magic; he only procured the blocking potion a few days later, and then the whole thing was over. The potion master removed his tracking charms and placed them on the Polyjuice rack, remember?

 

come on man, update please!!!!

 

/Me whacks Mordecai upside the head.
At least one of the beta's has returned chapter seven back to IP82, so wait until they are all back and any other changes need to be made. It should not be long before chapter seven is ready for our reading pleasure

 

Unless he lied to them that if he wasnt "seen" in Privet Drive then it would explode, you wouldn't be able to pull it off, considering the fact that the dursley's know that Harry is being watched.

 

In my opinion, the main point against threatening the Durslys is that it's more or less illegal and stupidly simple to pin on him! The Durslys only have to complain, and Dumbles would jump on the chance to declare Harry criminal and gain even more advantage over him. It's the right thing to do - terrorize his 'family' into doing what he wants - but he could ill afford to do so and still advance hid agenda.