Now *that* is interesting

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 114721


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
> OK - as you know the winning question was in reference "to my last"
> As expected this referred to the letter left on the doorstep with Harry.
> 
> However, herself goes on to ask "Well why not "my previous"?
> Ans. Because there were letters (plural) before that one.
> 
> Oops! Anyone postulated an on-going correspondence between DD and
> Petunia? Going back to before GH?
> 
> Time for some skull work.

Right.
Thunk a bit and (for the time being at least) I'll stick to the idea I
posted in 114251.
For those with short  memories or who  don't read long posts the
relevent section is repeated here:-

> 
An aside - Mr and Mrs Evans. Both died within a short time-span -
between the wedding and GH (again according to the Lexicon). Is this a
coincidence? As Lady B. puts it "To lose one parent is unfortunate, to
lose two looks like carelessness."
I've a couple of possibilities to offer here - either:

1. It was Mr and Mrs Evans that died in the car crash and Petunia used
this event as the basis for the tale she tells Harry,
or
2. It wasn't chance that caused them to shuffle off this mortal coil,
it was enemy action.

Just one very, very oblique clue here; Petunia reacts to the name
Voldemort and to the mention of Dementors. Where has she heard these
before? Voldy possibly from DD's letter after GH, or possibly not. It
could have been the reason given for an earlier bereavement.... or two.
>

Expansion-
One question that never seems to get asked is - why is Petunia so anti-
magic, anti-Potters, anti-Harry? Generally it's been assumed that it's a 
combination of jealousy, spite and fear of the unknown.

But if  it's not... if she has a real reason to fear magic.... like the loss
of her parents....it's a  whole new concept of Petunia. Every time she 
looks at Harry she might see the reason her parents died.

Hanging on this could be Petunia as late-magic-developer. She's been
in denial (hate that phrase, but never mind, just this once), there's been
a block. But if it looks like her present family is in danger from the same
source -
Petunia could blossom.

Kneasy