flowers

[snapeschambers]

No: HPFGUIDX 72216

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ccauley" <ccauley at y...> 
wrote:
> >
> > ...edited...
> > Harry's mother and aunt, are also named after flowers.  Lilly 
and 
> > Petunia.  Is there a connection here?  could they too be related 
to 
> > the blacks!?  COULD HARRY BE RELATED TO THE BLACKS!?
> > 
> > -chris
> 

Steve:
> Lily and Petunia related to the Blacks?
> NO! It is stated numerous times in clear unambiguous terms that 
Lily
> and Petunia are MUGGLES; that is, Muggle borns, Lily is obviously a
> witch. Not squibs, but muggles. For people trying to make some
> wizarding connection from Harry's mother's side of the family 
(usually
> Heir of Slytherin and/or Heir of Griffindor), it's just not 
happening.
> They are muggles. That doesn't mean that Petunia or Dudley won't 
turn
> out to be magical (another favorite theory); it just means that 
they
> come from a long line of muggles.

Me:
I don't think it is made clear at all that they come from "a long 
line of muggles." Lily's parents are said to be muggles, yes. But 
who's to say there's not a Squib grandparent or something?

Steve:
>By the way, even though Dumbledore mean bumblebee, JKR got the name 
from
> a particular type of water lily.

Me:
I haven't heard that before. It certainly is interesting, given 
Harry's mum's name. I'm not sure you're not arguing against your own 
point there :D.

I think this is an interesting line of reasoning, particularly in 
light of the fact that there have been comments before about "star 
names" in the Black family, and the fact that "Narcissa" doesn't fit 
that pattern. Perhaps we're looking at the wrong pattern.

Or perhaps there's no pattern at all...I don't know.

--SC <---head beginning to spin