OoP: Petunia, expelled?

[mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 64629

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> I'm germinating a theory I'd like feedback on, if anyone would like 
> to help me...or blow it out of the water, take your pick.
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> I theorize (get ready) that Petunia is...a failed witch. I theorize 
> that, just like her sister, Petunia recieved the Hogwarts letter 
and 
> shipped right off, pleased as punch. I also theorize that somewhere 
> along the line, something went bad wrong and Petunia was expelled, 
> had her wand snapped, and was sent packing from the WW for the rest 
> of her life. 
> 
> Expelled, you say? It sure seems to happen pretty easily. Hagrid 
was 
> expelled on purely circumstantial evidence. Harry was nearly 
expelled 
> for performing underage magic twice. I realize these things both 
> happened in times of panic, but given the amount of scary things 
that 
> go on when you're dealing with magic, the closemouthed nature of 
> wizard culture, and the state of wizard justice, I'd say it's not 
> altogether impossible.
> 
> It also seems odd to me that one sibling should turn out to be a 
> witch and not the other. In every sibling relationship mentioned, 
> *all* of the siblings are magical, even in Muggle families. I 
believe 
> the Creevys are Muggleborns, correct? We don't know the Patil 
girls' 
> background as far as families go, at least, I don't think we do, 
but 
> they're both magical as well. The only Muggleborn sibling 
> relationship we know of where one sibling is a Muggle is Lily and 
> Petunia, AFAIK. 
> 
> If Petunia did spend a small amount of time at Hogwarts, it would 
> explain her specific knowledge about Dementors. After all, she knew 
> their *exact function*, not just that they were something creepy 
that 
> Lily, James, or X "awful boy" (I'm not fully convinced that phrase 
> refers to James) mentioned in passing. She also got the name of the 
> wizard prison absolutely correct...notice that Vernon can't even 
> recall Voldemort's name, and he killed his in-laws.
> 
> Being expelled from Hogwarts, especially if the justification was 
> shaky, would've given Petunia an enduring bitterness toward the WW, 
> and especially toward her sister, who went on to become not only a 
> success, but a heroic martyr. Imagine having a taste of something 
> really wonderful, then having it taken from you. Then imagine that 
> your sibling comes prancing home from school showing off her mad 
> skillz, waving her wand around. Wouldn't that just *burn*? It would 
> certainly give her incentive to be awfully jealous. Imagine, too, 
> that you're stuck with said sibling's offspring, who could 
> conceivably go off to Hogwarts and come prancing home showing off 
his 
> mad skillz, waving his wand around. Wouldn't that give you a desire 
> to stamp out all signs of magic in the kid? 
> 
> Given all of this, I also theorize that Petunia is our girl who 
will 
> develop magical talents late in life. If she is a witch, imagine 
what 
> she could do with all of that pent-up emotion, if they gave her a 
> wand and some proper instruction. That would make for a nice role-
> reversal, if Harry was put in charge of tutoring her. Better yet, 
if 
> Snape was! I'd like to see those two in a room together ;)





 theorize (get ready) that Petunia is...a failed witch. I theorize 
> that, just like her sister, Petunia recieved the Hogwarts letter 
and 
> shipped right off, pleased as punch. I also theorize that somewhere 
> along the line, something went bad wrong and Petunia was expelled, 
> had her wand snapped, and was sent packing from the WW for the rest 
> of her life. 

I absolutely agree with this theory, i have thought about this since 
SS when they where in the shack on the rock that maybe she was a 
failed witch. Then when i read OOP and the letter from dumbledore 
came and it said :remember my last... i thought..hem,hem, there has 
to be something more compelling to those words than the explanation 
of she is to remember the last letter sent to her from dumbeldore 
when harry was a baby.


Being expelled from Hogwarts, especially if the justification was 
> shaky, would've given Petunia an enduring bitterness toward the WW, 
> and especially toward her sister, who went on to become not only a 
> success, but a heroic martyr. Imagine having a taste of something 
> really wonderful, then having it taken from you. Then imagine that 
> your sibling comes prancing home from school showing off her mad 
> skillz, waving her wand around. Wouldn't that just *burn*? It would 
> certainly give her incentive to be awfully jealous. Imagine, too, 
> that you're stuck with said sibling's offspring, who could 
> conceivably go off to Hogwarts and come prancing home showing off 
his 
> mad skillz, waving his wand around. Wouldn't that give you a desire 
> to stamp out all signs of magic in the kid? 
> 
maybe this is the reason she also smothers dudley to death (literally 
given his weight). Perhaps she alone knows dudley is a squib and 
tries to hard to protect him from what Harry has the privalige to 
become. Hmmmm...some more things to ponder over a nice bottle of 
butterbeer...

Ravenclawmandy