[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: New title, Mark Evans, Lily and Petunia

[kemper mentor]

Carol,
You wrote: I take JKR (or her narrator) at her word
that they're Muggles and nothing but--especially after the Mark Evans
I've been thinking of your theory.  And though Petunia might not be a witch, maybe she can still be a Squib.  What do you call the non-magical off-spring of a Squib and a Muggle?  Seriously, I want to know.
 

justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Carol wrote:
> I've posted this theory several times to the main site. I think
Lily's parents are Muggles but her Grandpa Evans was a Squib passing
as a Muggle. <snip> Age ten? Evans? It can't be a coincidence. He has
to be a prospective Hogwarts student somehow related to Harry and
having a shared Squib relative (himself the child of a witch and a
wizard) in the family not many generations back ties up all the loose
ends for me.

kemper mentor wrote:
Carol, Did you read the answer to the FAQ at JKR's site?  All I can
say is 'Boo...'

Carol again:
Someone from the main site alerted me to the bad news and I vented my
anguish there. Oh, the humiliation! How dare she deceive us! and all
that. But after a second reading of her FAQ response, I loved its
self-deprecating humor and forgave her. I think (hope) she'll be
careful not to make a mistake of that kind again. But I admit to being
a bit less willing to explore odd clues now, or at least to get my
hopes up about them.

My condolences to you and Alice and anyone else who invested time and
effort in this theory. <sniff> (At least I'm not in on the Droobles
best blowing gum theory, which I think will be the next one to be popped.)

Carol

Well, as you know, my theory got blown to pieces by JKR herself. But
regarding Petunia and Dudley, I take JKR (or her narrator) at her word
that they're Muggles and nothing but--especially after the Mark Evans
fiasco. Also JKR said in a previous interview that Petunia is not a
witch, and by definition neither she nor Dudley can be a squib (the
nonmagical child of magical parents).

So, as I said on the main site, I'm confining my speculation to things
that have been left open--mostly Snape's backstory and motives and
what's up with Percy. Where we've been given apparently
straightforward information that doesn't seem to be subject to
distortion by Harry's POV (the Dursleys are Muggles, Sirius is really
dead, etc.), I'm willing to accept what I'm told at face value (for
the moment, at least!). 

For the record, I think the person who will perform magic late in life
is Mrs. Figg, who, unlike Petunia and Dudley, is indisputably a Squib
and indisputably advanced in years. Erg. I hate euphemisms. Make that
"indisputably old."




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