OOP: Magic late in life (spoiler) - Petunia

[ezzleberry621]

No: HPFGUIDX 65123

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> 
> That's a good one.  I don't think its Neville, he is definitely 
> not "late in life".  Besides McGonagall hints that he can do it, all 
> he lacks is confidence, which he is slowly gaining during this 
book.  
> Personally I think that Aunt Petunia starting to do some magic 
has a 
> great potential in the plot; Filch and Figg really makes no 
> difference.  Some have said earlier that Petunia may have just 
been 
> shadowed by her sister and turned out jelous and angry, trying 
to 
> repress anything out of the ordinary in herself.  We already saw 
her 
> defy Vernon; this could be just the start.  The protection she 
and 
> her house provides seems to be very important; she may have 
to do her 
> own bit in the later books to save her family if Voldemort 
decides to 
> come after them.  This is very likely since Voldemort would 
want to 
> remove the protection guarding Harry.
> 
> Marta

Me:
I also favor the idea of Petunia doing magic late in life. Have we 
already seen evidence of this? Her extemely clean kitchen 
perhaps? Wouldn't that be something if she had Lily's old wand 
& had begun to experiment with it?! Oh well, I guess that's not 
likely or else Harry would have received notices for use of 
underage magic-- afterall, he was blamed for Dobby's use of 
magic at Privet Drive. Ooh, but Petunia's not underage-- but 
neither is Dobby, of course, he's not human either. 

Really exciting idea, Marta, about Petunia having to eventually 
use magic to defend her home/family against Voldemort. It 
seems logical that he could attempt to kill the Dursley's to 
destroy Harry's protection.

In past books, it seemed the Dursley's couldn't care whether or 
not Harry lived or died. Petunia did feed Harry when he was 
locked in his bedroom (CoS), but I thought that might have just 
been to ensure he had enough strength to do the chores! It was 
nice to see in OoP that Petunia has known all along that by 
keeping Harry in her home, she ensures his survival-- and that 
she defied Vernon to keep Harry protected.

Erin