[HPforGrownups] Petunia vs. Filch

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 49168



"blind_nil_date " wrote:
> 
> Has anyone noticed the similarites between Aunt Petunia and Argus
> Filch? Uncanny, really. Their obsessive cleaning compulsion, Petunia
> dotes on Dudley, Filch dotes on Mrs. Norris, they both HATE magic
> and the people who use it, etc. I think that perhaps Aunt Petunia
> is bitter about Lilly because Petunia is a squib!
> 
> Comments on this?
> 
> Blind Nil Date


Its pretty clear that Aunt Petunia was jealous of her sister and hates
Harry because Harry is a wizard.  If there were a pill to make Aunt
Petunia a witch, you BET she would take it in a heartbeat no matter how
much she claims to hate magic or what Vernon and Dudley thought.  She
hates it BECAUSE she doesn't have it.  Vernon's reasons seem to stem
from the fact that magic is 'unnatural' to him and upsets his ordered
little life.  He fears it because he doesn't understand it and hates
what he fears.  What Dudley really thinks about magic is not completely
clear, but he has a great fear of it and may be jealous of Harry as
well.  If he did turn out to have any magic ability at all, there's no
telling how he would take it.

Jazmyn