Aunt Petunia & Hogwarts

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 88027

sleepingdragonzz allysmom at w... wrote:
I was looking through my copy of the 5th book, and I'm wondering if 
Aunt Petunia may have been invited to attend Hogwarts with Lily, but 
refused. She does seem to know a great deal about the magical world, 
even though she would rather pretend that it didn't exist. Wouldn't 
it be interesting if Aunt Petunia had some magical powers that she 
has tried to "squash" out through the years?  As we all know, you 
can't "squash" out the magical power of someone, even though Uncle 
Vernon and Aunt Petunia had tried to do so with Harry. Anyone have 
any thoughts??

vmonte responds:
In an interview with Rowling, the author said that someone would gain 
magical powers late in life and that it was something that is very 
rare in the wizard world. It would be very interesting if it was 
Petunia.
Would she try to hide her power or will she be forced to use it in 
order to save herself or her family???

Do you think that Dudley was meant to be a target of the Dementors 
(along with Harry) at the begining of OOTP?  If so, Dudley's brush 
with a dementor may have released forgotten memories from his 
infancy. He may have remembered something important that will come 
out in book 6 or 7. What if the encounter with the Dementors released 
a vision having to do with Voldemort, his mother, or even the death 
of Potter's parents or Grand parents. Could Dudley's worst fear be 
that he was previously attacked by a Dementor as an infant? (Dudley 
and Harry are the same age--it's possible he saw something that he 
shouldn't have.)

Did Voldemort get to Petunia before he got word from Wormtail about 
James and Lily Potter? Did he threaten her family?

Do you think Petunia sold out her parents in order to protect her own 
family???

The only reason Harry wasn't thrown out of the house in the begining 
of OOTP was because Petunia received a Howler. As soon as the Howler 
came she completely changed her attitude and stated that Harry must 
stay. 

Yes, Petunia is hiding something big! Her hatred of the wizarding 
world is very apparent. I'm sure the last thing she would want is for 
her son to have magical powers. I think it is no coincidence that she 
married someone like her husband. She was looking for a life that had 
nothing to do with witches and wizards. 

She does not care for Harry, Lily, James, or anyone involved with the 
wizarding world. She fears what she cannot control. Obssesive 
cleaning is a sign of compulsive behavior (in almost every book 
someone mentions how clean her house is). In OOTP Tonks says that the 
cleanliness is unnatural:

Page 51 OOTP, U.S. version: She followed Harry back into the hall and 
up the stairs, looking around with much curiosity and 
interest. "Funny place," she said, "it's a bit too clean, d'you know 
what I mean? Bit unnatural." 

People with obsessive behaviors are often people who feel that they 
have no control over their lives (she cannot control Harry and the 
wizarding world, and she is bitter about it). The fact that Petunia 
was the one who said that Harry must stay (after the howler came) 
means that someone must have reminded her of something. I find it 
hard to believe that she would agree to protect Harry, so, DD must 
have made a deal to protect her family as well...as long as Harry was 
welcome in her house. 
Are Dudley's magical powers being restrained by DD? 

Or will Petunia turn out to have magical powers in the end? If so, 
she may have to use magic to protect her family. She may even kill 
someone important in the DE because she will catch them unawares...

Who really knows, just speculating.
vmonte