Tomboy Lily/Dursleys

[Sabrina]

No: HPFGUIDX 59501

   From: Becky Walkden <runningbecky2002 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Tomboy Lily/Dursleys




Sabrina wrote:

> And as far as we know Petunia is the only sister
> Lily had. What if Petunia is Harry's godmother and she just never
told him?
> Okay, now you say that Petunia hates Lily and has always hated her
and
> hadn't seen her for ages at the beginning of PS/SS, BUT: Couldn't
it be that
> her parents or perhaps a grandmother or somebody similar (who is
dead by
> now) could have badgered her into being the godmother? After the
christening
> she would still have severed all ties with Lily and her family
until Harry
> turned up at her doorstep.
> Which would then give a bit of a new spin as to why the Dursleys
didn't give
> Harry to an orphanage.

(snip) Could Lily have been baggered into LETTING Petunia be his Godmother.
This one I find very doubtful indeed. Although we have never seen James or
Lily alive, I just have a very strong feeling that Lily was far too good and
loving (well she DID sacrafice her life for Harry) a mother to have
subjected him to having a Godmother like that!  As to Petunia knowing about
Harry, there could well have been either family or even family friends who
could have told her.  Also, I doubt there was absolutely no contact between
the two.  Maybe not very friendly contact but there could have been some
without going so far as to making her the Godmother!  Huggs Becky

Yes, of course, but I think when you appoint somebody godparent you don't
automatically assume that the kid will end up with those people at some
point in their life. My godparents were at the time of my christening not
very well liked by parts of the family and they still were made godparents,
just because my parents and consequently grandparents were already quite old
and it would have been risky to appoint them.
I think godparent is usually a bit of an honorary title and nobody really
expects that they will really have to take care of the kid.

Sabrina