OoP: Petunia, expelled?
fro6662002
dveddds at aol.com
Fri Jun 27 09:47:51 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 64824
I'm not so sure about the 'expelled' theory. I tend to lean towards
the idea that she was indeed at Hogwarts at some point, but that it
was a world which she hated and wanted out of. Furthermore, I think
that this idea resolves the issue of the 'pact' between Dumbledore
and Petunia, insofar as 'What was in it for Petunia?'. My idea on
that being that Dudley was also born destined for the Wizarding
World, the world which Petunia despised. I feel that Petunia's side
of the deal was that in exchange for taking in Harry, Dumbledore had
to guarantee that Dudley, though destined, would never enter that
World.
I also think that Petunia has some residual magical powers. Hear me
out. OotP (The Advance Guard) Tonks comments twice on the 'unnatural'
cleanliness of Petunia's house. In itself, a fairly, innocuous
remark. However the repetion seems to be drawing the reader's
attention to this. More importantly is the repeated use throughout
the book of the spell 'Scourgify'(cleaning spell) as though JK wishes
to draw the reader's attention to that also. Scourgify, I would
anticipate is an elementary level spell along the lines of Alohamora
or Wingardium Leviosa, which if so would have been learnt in years 1
or 2. Does Petunia use 'Scourgify'?
One further point is the girl laughing at the scrawny boy trying to
mount a bucking broomstick (Seen and Unforeseen - Harry's Occlumented
vision of Snape's childhood). Who is the girl? I'm taking this to be
Lily, as Harry's visions of Lily seem also to feature Snape. Is this
Lily playing with Snape as a young child? Did Petunia also play with
Snape as a young child?
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