CHAPTER DISCUSSION: CH 2, "A Peck of Owls" (slightly modified repost)

[sarcasticmuppet]

No: HPFGUIDX 82986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "raps029" <raps29 at a...> wrote:
> 
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> I think that Lily and Petunia's parents were killed by wizards.  
> James told them that the criminals would be caught and sent to 
> Azkaban and guarded by dementors.  This is why Petunia hates 
anything 
> to do with magic;  she blames Lily for the death of their parents.
> 
> Ruth


I don't think this would be why Petunia hates magic.  At least, I 
don't think it's the ONLY reason.  I think her reason for hating 
magic has been obvious since Book I--she is insanely jealous that her 
kid sister got the talent instead of her.  Her diatribe at the shack 
on the lake made that perfectly clear, and she puts up this facade of 
respectability and normalcy and convinces herself that anything to do 
with magic is totally against what she stands for, even though 
secretly (even secret from herself) she harbors these memories of 
details of the WW because deep down, she still wants to be a part of 
it.

That aside, I think your speculation on Lily's parents might be 
completely valid.  Aside from Petunia's reaction to it, anyway.  I 
personally don't really believe it, unless they were victims of 
random muggle-baiting, or maybe they were trying to draw Lily out of 
hiding.  Actually, that might very well be a valid reason to kill 
them--they were expecting the Potters to come to the rescue.  
Hmmm...I think I'll write a fanfic about that.

Later Days,
sarcasticmuppet