When Petunia met James

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 70292

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fridwulfa" 
<rubeus_hagrid at w...> wrote:
> 
> Darrin wrote:
> 
> 
> > No, this isn't the beginning of a SHIP - yeeeeech.
> >
> > I'm trying to get opinions and ideas on when Petunia was able to 
hear
> > from "that awful boy" about Azkaban. For the moment, let's assume 
the
> > awful boy is James, although I realize Petunia doesn't confirm 
this
> > when Harry asks her.
> >
> > The actual phrasing is - (page 34, UK) "I heard -- that awful 
boy -- 
> > telling HER about them - years ago."
> >
> EDITED
> 
> > 3) OK, the awful boy is someone else Lily brought home. Maybe 
Snape,
> > maybe Sirius, maybe someone else entirely.
> >
> 
> Me (Izaskun)
> You see, I keep thinking "That awful boy" is not James, the way she 
refers
> to him (whoever HE is) is not consistent with the way she refers to 
James in
> previous books. She talks about him as "that Potter" or he's 
mentioned as
> Lillys's "good for nothing husband" but never, ever mentioned as 
a "boy" and
> it's true that all the adjectives she or Vernon use are pejorative 
but not
> that plainly negative. James is not awful, not even IMHO to the 
Dursleys
> standars, I think she's talking about someone else. Someone who she
> considers weird and awful or someone who frightens them at a 
certain point
> telling them (Lilly and Petunia) scary stories about dark prisons 
run by
> dark dementors or something of the sort. Hope we'll know in future 
books.
> But there's certainly something odd about "that awful boy". My 
first thought
> was Snape, he does seem the type, but I don't know, maybe it was 
Sirius and
> one of his practical jokes.
> 
> CHeers, Izaskun

Maybe it was some Slytherin other than Snape