spells: hard not to think like a Muggle

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No: HPFGUIDX 24566

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> re: shattering Aunt Marge's wineglass as 
> > well as inflating Aunt Marge. 
> 
> Just to stir your thinking up a little, consider this...I am 
> wondering if the wineglass incident might not have been the work of 
> another person instead of Harry. After all, Petunia's family was 
> getting trashed pretty thoroughly by someone who she doesn't really 
> like all that much. Was that Petunia's version of the vanishing 
glass 
> syndrome? 
> 
> Probably not, okay, I realize, but it's an interesting thought...
> 
> Steve


It certainly is interesting! I remember hearing a rumor a while back 
(and that may be all it is, a rumor) to the effect that someone who 
hasn't done any magic so far will be doing something magical later in 
life, in a later book, and I immediately assumed it to be Petunia. 
There are other options too, of course, like Filch or Mrs. Figg (if 
she is a squib, which I personally don't think), but I would enjoy 
seeing the Dursleys become more open to the magical world, even if 
their dislike of it makes for very funny reading. What makes you 
think that Petunia doesn't like Aunt Marge, though? Did I miss 
something?

Bente