OoP: Petunia, expelled?

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No: HPFGUIDX 64805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mandy" <ravenclawmandy at y...> 
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinridgeway at b...> 
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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.
> > 
> >Reply: 
> 
>  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, 

Further Reply:
I think that not only is Petunia a failed(?) witch but that her 
husband knows. Remeber how quickly he capitulates when she 
say "Vernon, he stays."

Or maybe she's not a failed witch at all. Maybe she was a victim of 
the "in" crowd just as Snape was? Wouldn't that go a long way 
towards explaining he bitterness towards the world of magic and her 
sister.
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