What if the Weasleys ALSO Lived on Privet Drive?

Darth Theorist:    / @darththeorist   Three Eyed Theorist:    / @threeeyedtheorist   Discord:   / discord   Voice Acting & Narration: Steven Waters ⁨@bobablackfly602⁩ Writing: Myself, @nicholasmartin6526, @khuz377 , @WatashiNoKuraiTenshi, and @PathofDragonsRadio What if the Weasleys lived on Privet Drive? Let's explore the depths of it in the video. The Burrow falls to paperwork and politics long before any spell brings it down. Lucius Malfoy has nursed a grudge against Arthur Weasley for years, fed by ministry disputes and personal contempt and the particular cruelty that wealth allows when aimed at those who have very little. He uses his connections, his lawyers, and a set of legal loopholes buried deep in wizarding property law to acquire the land beneath the Weasley family home and force the family off it. The Weasleys receive compensation, but the sum is a fraction of what they lose, and what they lose cannot be measured in Galleons. Generations of family history. Childhood bedrooms. The kitchen where Molly raised seven children. The garden where gnomes burrowed and brooms leaned against the fence. All of it, gone. Molly weeps for three days. Arthur, who has always loved Muggle culture with the enthusiasm of a man peering through a window he desperately wants to open, makes a quiet suggestion. Muggle housing is cheaper. They could afford something in a Muggle neighbourhood if they stretched the compensation far enough. Dumbledore learns what has happened and offers his help. He frames the assistance as practical guidance through the Muggle housing market, which is true, but Dumbledore has never done anything for only one reason. He knows Harry Potter lives on Privet Drive. He knows the Weasleys are among the most trustworthy families in the wizarding world. He quietly subsidises the difference between their compensation and the cost of a small, run-down property on Privet Drive, and he does so because placing a loving magical family within walking distance of Harry Potter is an investment he considers worth every Knut. The house is the worst on the street, cramped and peeling and immediately conspicuous beside the polished uniformity of its neighbours. Dumbledore places subtle wards and a Muggle-Repelling Charm around the property to protect the Statute of Secrecy, because seven magical children, two magical parents, frequent owls, a Floo connection, and regular bursts of accidental magic from the younger ones would otherwise shatter the quiet illusion of Privet Drive within a week. The charm keeps the Dursleys, who already know magic exists through Petunia's history with Lily, dismissive rather than suspicious. The Weasleys meet Mrs Figg within the first fortnight. Arthur and Molly already know who she is, and Mrs Figg is glad to have friendly faces nearby after years of solitary watching. Eventually Harry comes up in conversation, and the adult Weasleys learn that the boy living a few houses away is Harry Potter himself. Molly makes a decision immediately. Her children are to leave Harry alone. If friendships form naturally then so be it, but nobody in her family is going to bother that child because of his fame. The problem is Dudley Dursley. Ron arrives on Privet Drive at roughly five years old, knowing nobody, with brothers who are all older and occupied with one another. Fred and George have each other. Percy has his books. Ron has nobody his own age, and Dudley Dursley is the king of the street. Every child on Privet Drive orbits around Dudley, and Dudley decides who belongs and who does not. Ron gravitates toward him because Dudley is loud and physical and likes getting his way, and Ron is thoroughly accustomed to older brothers who roughhouse and tease and dominate. Dudley feels familiar. Within weeks Ron is part of the group. Piers Polkiss, Malcolm, Gordon, Dennis, and Ron, running together through the suburban afternoons of Little Whinging. The group has a favourite pastime, and the favourite pastime is Harry Hunting. Ron never connects the skinny, quiet boy in oversized clothes with Harry Potter. He never physically beats Harry. He is present. He laughs when the group laughs, runs when the group runs. He does not intervene and he does not question it, and to Harry, Ron is simply another member of Dudley's gang, another face in the crowd that makes his life worse.