[HPforGrownups] OotP spoilers: Petunia

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 62606


--- Taryn Kimel <amani at charter.net> wrote:
> Helen:
> As I mentioned in my other post, I have tried to
> wade through the 
> posts since OotP came out, but have not got through
> all of them yet, 
> so I'm sorry if I repeat something someone else has
> said.
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> Does anyone else have any theories on Petunia's
> back-story?
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> Me:
> I've always thought that Petunia's hatred of the
> Wizarding World came from when Lily was killed
> because of it. Honestly. I think she was just so
> hurt by that that she morphed into what she is now.
> And James automatically came under the hatred list,
> because he helped drag her into it. I don't think
> Petunia was always so horrible as she is today. And
> I think this makes her knowledge of the WW more
> understandable: she would listen to Lily talk about
> it, with interest, even.
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> --Taryn



But she hated the WW before Lily was killed.  Read the
beginning of PS/SS.  She and Lily hadn't spoken in a
while.

Maybe their parents were killed by Death Eaters?


Rebecca

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