Speaking up for Petunia

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No: HPFGUIDX 84353

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> 
> Jen: The still waters of Petunia's resentment run very deep, 
> methinks! I'm sure getting dumped with a toddler she was 
*persuaded* 
> to keep was part of it. 
> 
> Especially a toddler with Lily's eyes, who reminds Petunia 
> constantly of the conflicted relationship she shared with her 
> sister. And a toddler who also looks "remarkably" like his father, 
a 
> man Petunia despised. (Shades of Snape here?)
> 
> And the final blow is the fear she must feel for her own family, a 
> fear we finally glimpse in OOTP. She's accepting a child from a 
> *freaky* (i.e. scary) world, a child who was the victim of 
attempted 
> murder by a very evil soul who murders people without compunction. 

<<snip>>

A thought occurred to me as I read this, do you suppose the reason 
Petunia is so nosey, i.e., always peering out the windows at the 
neighbors, is because she's watching out for suspicious characters 
who might be from the wizarding world?  I imagine knowing how her 
sister died would keep her paranoia at a very high level.

Just a thought,

Diane