[HPforGrownups] Narcissa

[Melissa McCarthy]

No: HPFGUIDX 78495

entropymail said:
> I've often wondered about Narcissa's relationship to Lily and Petunia.
> I know she's on the tapestry with Andromeda and Bellatrix, but I've
> always felt that JKR was giving us some kind of clue regarding
> Narcissa because her name, like the sisters Lily and Petunia, is that
> of a flower.  No one else in the wizarding world seems to be named
> this way.

Actually, flower names seem to be quite common for witches.  Lavender Brown.
Pansy Parkinson.  Madam Poppy Pomfrey.  Fleur Delacour.  Olive Hornby.
Moaning Myrtle.  The Fat Lady's friend Violet.  Rose Zeller.  Daisy
Pennifold (I just got QTTA!).  There are probably more, but that's all I can
remember right now.

> Can it ba a clue that she may be somehow related to Lily, or could it
> possibly be a clue that she is simply a Deatheater counterpart of
> Lily's, the way Harry and Draco seem to be light/dark counterparts?

I don't think she's related to Lily; I think the Evanses really are "just"
Muggles (which doesn't preclude the idea of Petunia or Dudley being the one
to develop magic late in life, of course).  But I like that second idea... I
like it a lot.

Melissa