is petunia dursley a squib?
iwishiwerehermione
tracey.burkhardt at gnb.ca
Fri Sep 27 13:59:51 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 44590
A point I think some people have missed, or at least something I've
never seen questioned -- Is Petunia Dursley not a muggle, but a
squib??
Reasoning: In the wizarding world, "pure blood" wizards seem to know
who the other pure blooded wizarding families are. Draco Malfoy seems
to be an expert on the subject. Yet, there has never been any
reference to Harry as a mudblood. It seems to me that Malfoy would
enjoy insulting Harry in such a mean way, yet he targets Hermione
instead.
In addition there is much speculation that Lily could be Dumbledore's
granddaughter. If this is the case, why does everyone assume Petunia
Dursley, Lily's sister, to be a muggle?
It would also account for Petunia's jealousy and dislike of her
sister. It is not a form of discrimination passed to her by Lily and
Petunia's parents since it is clear in the Philosopher's Stone ("so
we've got a witch in the family") that Petunia and Lily's parents
were pleased with Lily's magical abilities.
Perhaps instead of like Argus Filch, who lives on the edge of the
wizarding world and longs to be a part of it, Petunia has rejected
the magical world entirely as a means to cope with her lack of
magical ability?
If we accept that JKR's intention was to establish what "the worst
kind of muggles" (Philosopher's Stone) should be through the
Dursleys, then we must reject the idea that Lily is related to
Dumbledore and instead consider her to be, like Hermione, a gifted
muggle.
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