Aunt Petunia

[pandrea100]

No: HPFGUIDX 105377

Chris wrote:
> 
> The second question has a bit more of a definite answer, we know 
that 
> Hermione has no brothers/sisters unless she has failed to mention 
> them.(Unlikely esp. as her parents are both dentists, therefore 
> v.busy). 

Wha-aa-aat?  Too busy to conceive another child?  Are they using 
Tantric methods?

Personally, I hope Petunia doesn't turn out to have magical powers 
just because she doesn't deserve them.  Magic in these books is a 
sort of glorious imagination - even the bad magic, like the 
Unforgiveable Curses, you have to be able imagine causing real pain - 
and the Dursleys are the sort of boring, deadly people who hate 
imagination and insist on everything being what they think 
is 'real'.  They remind me of the Dwarves at the end of the Narnia 
books, who get into 'heaven' but refuse to even acknowledge it 
because they won't accept anything outside their experience. 

However, maybe it could be done in such a way that I'd accept Petunia 
having powers as a good part of the story.  It would certainly be a 
surprise!

Pandrea