[HPforGrownups] Aunt Petunia (was Re: Theoretical boundaries)

[stephen roginson]

No: HPFGUIDX 120416


imamommy wrote:
> Aunt Petunia's behavior .....<snip> could she be a witch who 
> *refused* to learn magic?  
>
> (snip quote from the World Book Day Chat)
> 
> According to this, Petunia is a muggle, but is it possible that 
> she *chose* to be a muggle?  Could she have been born into a 
> part-wizarding family and decided not to go to Hogwarts? What 
> is the "more" to her? <snip>

Ms. Luna here:

I find this theory very interesting.  It would explain why the Dursleys 
are trying so hard to be perceived as "normal", why their house is so abnormally clean, why their son is so abnormally spoiled...Petunia is 
seriously overcompensating for being a witch!  It would also explain 
their overindulgence of Duddums...they/she wants to keep him calm so, 
if he were magical, magic would not accidently seep out if he were 
upset. 




This puts a new and more interesting twist on the Dursleys.   I truly 
hope you are correct in this imamommy....I love it when story lines spin 
in new directions.   

I've been intrigued by this thread about Aunt Petuna. (this is my first post)
I wonder if Petuna made some agreement with DD regarding Dudley...i.e: she would take Harry in if Dudley is kept off of the Hogwarts list, or some variation.  
 
Even funnier thought: Petuna is a witch.  Dudley could be the HBP...
although JKR already mentioned that there isn't much Dursley Family in this one.

--Stephen