When Petunia met James

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 70591

(Sueeeyqbong) :
> 
> Yes, it is definitely possible that it's not James and is someone 
> else entirely. I don't think it could be Sirius though, because if 
> it had been, wouldn't Petunia have shown signs of recognising him 
> when she was watching the muggle news flash about his escape at the 
> beginning of PoA? It's possible that she wasn't looking at the 
> screen at the time, or hid her reaction, or simply didn't recognise 
> him since he'd changed so much, or even that she did show a 
reaction 
> but Harry didn't notice it, but I reckon it's simpler to assume 
that 
> it wasn't Sirius, rather than try to find excuses for our not 
> hearing of a Petunia / Sirius recognition.
> Though as usual, I may be wrong! How can we ever be sure about 
> anything in the Potterverse?!


A good point, but Petunia's astonishing recall of the word Azkaban 
calls into question a great deal of things.

Remember, Sirius was James' best man, and while it is still very 
likley, that Petunia did not attend their wedding, we have no reason 
to believe Lily and Petunia's parents did not.

Petunia would have had ample opportunity to hear Sirius' name, during 
the wedding plans, or been forced to listen to a dreary (for her) 
recap of the wedding from a relative. Sirius Black is an unusual 
name. She might have remembered who he was.

And she might have known EXACTLY what role he was believed to have 
had in Lily and James' deaths.

If she did, that means she was covering in PoA when Sirius was on the 
news.

Darrin
- Damn it, if Petunia keeps this up, she'll find her way off the 
Skank List.