[HPforGrownups] Potters

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 2646

Denise Rogers wrote:

>  In the shack scene, during Petunia's rant about Lily, she says they blew themselves up.  This indicates that there isn't any bodies left to be interred somewhere.
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> Any thoughts?

How about "Eurgh?" And after that, to get grosser, there's always bits. They're generally collected by the Authorities In Question; I imagine it's not so messy if the authorities can use magic to do it. Thus, something to be buried or cremated.

But I should also point out that Hagrid, who was at the scene, and Sirius, much later, neither one mention anything so extreme. Both liked the Potters and that they were literally blown apart would have been fuel for their fury; it would have been mentioned. Petunia's probably just waxing elephants in her extremity of passion.

--Amanda