[HPforGrownups] Slightly OT: Is Aunt Petunia a witch?/Chrestomanci Books

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 8370

Yes, that's a good thought. I was also reading in an interveiw with JK
Rowling, and Jo said that there's another type of human, (adding to
squib, muggle, witch, etc) and thats of when a person gains magical
ability LATE in life. Could Aunt Petunia be this?

Alix Petty wrote:

> This made me think of Miss (argh! can't remember her name - can
> someone help
> me out?) in the Chrestomani book Witch Week; she lived in a world
> where
> witchcraft was verboten, and only ever cast one spell in her life, to
> ensure
> that no one ever found out she was a witch.
>
> This is an interesting question; perhaps Aunt Petunia has supressed
> this
> part of herself since she was a child through inate fear and just
> discreetly
> threw the Hogwarts letter away, then was consumed with jealousy as she
>
> watched her sister go off to Hogwarts without a care.  However, I
> think the
> most likely explanation is that she is a muggle, who started off being
>
> jealous of her witch sister, and then maybe became even more vehement
> through fear when she saw what happened to Lily and James.
>
> I don't see the muggle community having a great communal fear of
> witches and
> wizards; after all, the muggle born students' families seem to accept
> having
> a witch or wizard without any major problems.  However, this may be
> just
> because the wizarding world keeps itself so well concealed; if it were
> more
> widely known, maybe people would panic.  After all, the unknown and
> unfamiliar seems to be what people fear most.
>
> Alix
>
>
> > Amy wrote:
>
> > IMO, if she's a witch, she doesn't acknowledge it to herself.  I.e.
> I
> don't
> > think she's the thing protecting Harry.  She is WAY too hostile.  I
> do
> kind
> > of like the idea of self-hating witches and wizards.  If magical
> folk are
> a
> > feared and downtrodden minority, stands to reason a lot of them
> would be
> in
> > the closet to themselves as well as the rest of the world.  Aunt P
> could
> be
> > one such.
>
>
>
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