Lily & Petunia, Who's Older?

[Liz Muir]

No: HPFGUIDX 41952

Greg wrote:
>>Based on the fan fiction out there, it seems to me that a great 
majority of people think that Petunia is the oldest.<<

Wow! I never read fan fiction and I always assumed Petunia was younger.
Can we say paradigm shift?

>>I'm wondering 
if there's any evidence from canon about that.  B/c if not, then I 
think it's much more likely that Lily is a few years older.  Think 
about it.  Lily gets her letter when she's 11.  The whole family 
goes off to Diagon Alley, and everyone, including Petunia, falls in 
love with the magical world.  For the next two or 3 years until 
Petunia turned 11, all her parents talked about was the day that 
she'd get her own letter.  Then, the whole summer of her 11th year 
goes by & no letter for Petunia.  Rather than admit that the magical 
world rejected her, she decides to reject the magical world by 
hating all things magical, including her nephew who even at a young 
age showed he had the gift she never did.  I think that scenario 
makes more sense than the jealous older sister bit, but maybe that's 
just me.<<

This is a very good theory! It fits in with Petunia's emphasis
(especially well portrayed in the movie-that-must-not-be-named) on the
rest of the family loving having a witch in the family. She also loved
it until she realized that she could never have the gift. This
background would make the whole Petunia-gets-magic-later-in-life theory
much more touching! Wow, that would be an emotional scene.


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