The Potters' Profession

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
> 
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ms Lizard Gizzard <lizgiz1980 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> >> One thing that JKR did reveal is that James had
> >> inherited a great wealth and "did not have to work."
> >> 
> >> I suppose that doesn't mean he did not work, but she
> >> seemed to indicate that he had a life of leisure.


I wrote:


> > I assumed that she meant that James did not have to work for 
money.

Susanne wrote:
> In PoA Vernon mentions in a conversation with Aunt Marge
> that James Potter didn't work (was unemployed).
> 
> I'm not sure, though, how truthful anything is that Vernon says
> about the Potters.

I think that it would be safe to assume that *nothing* Vernon says 
about the Potters (inculding Harry) is true.  First, he tells the 
car crash lie, then the lie about where Harry attends school, and 
then portrays James as an unemployed bum.  It's very likely that 
Vernon actually had no idea what sort of work James did, and that he 
wouldn't be able to understand it even if he did.  JKR has stated 
that we will find out more about the Potter's occupations in 
upcoming books, but I think it's extremely unlikely that they were 
idle rich.

Jo Serenadust