[HPforGrownups] Re: The graves of James and Lily

[karyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 111219

cristelmc <cristelmc at yahoo.com> wrote:
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I think that Petunia's hate for Lily fizzles down to pure green Jealousy. She wanted Lily's gifts, but did not have them.Maybe someone else in the family they all looked up to had these gifts too. If so Petunia certainly would not mention it. Nobody in the WW would either, most likely, because Harry has been in their world for quite a while now and we know nothing about the Potter family.(Other than his dad.)What do you think?


karyn:
 
Yes, it's obvious that Petunia is jealous, but I must say that I was surprised that it was brought up that Petunia remembers so much about the Wizard World (Azkaban, dementors, what have you), to then just be dropped. I thought it would come back, because it seemed way too significant for the story - why would she remember this for all these years and reveal that she remembered for her wizard-hating husband for no reason at all? 
 
Then again, I might look at this in too much of a "writer-mode". I've been writing since I could (almost 20 years now!) and even if I'm far from published I'm known to pick apart books and question why certain things are emphasized just because I look at it in too much of a "if I wrote this"-mode. 
 
But still. I do think that Petunia is gonna come in somehow. I can't really figure out how, because of the way she's portrayed, but... Any ideas?
 
--karyn

		
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