Now *that* is interesting

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 114774


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" > 
> > 
> 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

Well, the problem with this is that JKR has said clearly that Petunia 
is a *Muggle*  Which means she is definitely *not* a half-blood, a 
witch, or a squib.  This took place at the Edinburgh Book Fair, where 
she said "Petunia is a Muggle, but..."  

Dzeytoun